Predicting biomass from snout-vent length in New World frogs

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 238-245

  Deichmann, Jessica L ^a,b   Duellman, William E ^c   Williamson, G Bruce ^a,b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

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ANURA;

EID: 44649153561     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/07-0731.1     Document Type: Article

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