A skeletochronological study of the age structure, growth, and longevity of the Mountain Yellow-legged frog, Rana muscosa, in the Sierra Nevada, California

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2007, Pages 986-993

  Matthews, Kathleen R ^a   Miaud, Claude ^b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; AGE STRUCTURE; BODY SIZE; CHRONOLOGY; ELEVATION; FROG; GROWTH; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH MODELING; HOME RANGE; LONGEVITY; MOUNTAIN; SKELETON;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA MUSCOSA;

EID: 37849023733     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[986:ASSOTA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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