Exogenous hormones induce poor rates of oviposition in the anurans, Litoria moorei and L. aurea

Applied Herpetology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-86

  Browne, Robert ^a   Gaikhorst, Glen ^a   Vitali, Simone ^a   Roberts, J Dale ^b   Matson, Phillip ^a,c  

^a Perth Zoo   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exogenous hormones; Litoria aurea; Litoria moorei; Oviposition induction

Indexed keywords

EID: 38749143296     PISSN: 15707539     EISSN: 15707547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075408783489194     Document Type: Article

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