Identification of reproductive status in female frogs - A quantitative comparison of nine methods

Herpetologica

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 349-357

  Reyer, Heinz Ulrich ^a   Bättig, Iris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anura; Effective population size; Eggs; Female reproduction; Monitoring; Rana

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; FROG; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MONITORING; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA; RANA LESSONAE; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4544282035     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/03-77     Document Type: Article

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