Age, size and growth of the endemic Anatolian mountain frog Rana holtzi from Turkey

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 167-173

  Miaud, Claude ^a   Üzüm, Nazan ^b   Avci, Aziz ^b   Olgun, Kurtuluş ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^b ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Life history trait; Sexual size dimorphism; Skeletochronology

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PHILORIA KUNDAGUNGAN; RANA HOLTZI; RANIDAE;

EID: 45149117008     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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