Reproductive biology of the invasive bullfrog Lithobates catesbeianus in southern Brazil

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 435-444

  Kaefer, Ígor Luís ^a   Boelter, Ruben Alexandre ^b   Cechin, Sonia Zanini ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b Universidade da Regiao da Campanha   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; FROG; INVASIVE SPECIES; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT;

BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

LITHOBATES; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 38349011534     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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