Annual cycle of nutritional organ mass in a temperate-zone anuran, Rana chensinensis, from northern China

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 9-12

  Lu, Xin ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Body reserves; Ecological energetics; Environmental physiology; Ranidae

Indexed keywords

ANURA; RANA CHENSINENSIS; RANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3843124109     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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