Life-history traits in green toad (Bufo viridis) populations: Indicators of habitat quality

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 665-673

  Sinsch, Ulrich ^a   Leskovar, Christoph ^a   Drobig, Anja ^b   König, Astrid ^b   Grosse, Wolf Rüdiger ^b  

^a University of Koblenz   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH KINETICS;

HABITAT QUALITY; PHALANGE BONES; SKELETOCHRONOLOGY;

ANIMALS;

AGE AT MATURITY; BIOINDICATOR; BREEDING SITE; CHRONOLOGY; HABITAT QUALITY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LAND USE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TOAD;

ANURA; BUFO DEBILIS; BUFO VIRIDIS;

EID: 34547861321     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z07-046     Document Type: Article

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