Communal spawning in the common frog Rana temporaria - Egg temperature and predation consequences

Ethology

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 665-680

  Håkansson, Pia ^a   Loman, Jon ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EGG SIZE; FROG; PREDATION; SPAWNING; TEMPERATURE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; EQUUS CABALLUS; ERPOBDELLA; HAEMOPIS; HAEMOPIS SANGUISUGA; HIRUDINIDA; RANA TEMPORARIA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4544296561     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2004.01017.x     Document Type: Article

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