Care and parentage in a skin-feeding caecilian amphibian

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 309, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 460-467

  Kupfer, Alexander ^a,b   Wilkinson, Mark ^b   Gower, David J ^b   Müller, Hendrik ^a,b,c   Jehle, Robert ^d,e  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; BOULENGERULA TAITANUS; CAECILIA;

EID: 53549118861     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.475     Document Type: Article

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