A skeletochronological study of age, growth and longevity in a population of the frog Rana ridibunda from southern Europe

Zoology

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 30-36

  Kyriakopoulou Sklavounou, Pasqualina ^a   Stylianou, Panagiota ^a   Tsiora, Anna ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Age structure; Lines of arrested growth; Sexual maturity; Von Bertalanffy model

Indexed keywords

ANURA; RANA RIDIBUNDA;

EID: 37349000291     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2007.03.002     Document Type: Article

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