Breeding ecology and oviposition site selection of black-spotted pond frogs (Rana nigromaculata) in Ningbo, China

Frontiers of Biology in China

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 530-535

  Wang, Yanping ^a,b   Wu, Zhengjun ^a,b   Lu, Ping ^a,b   Zhang, Fang ^a,b   Li, Yiming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Breeding ecology; Oviposition site selection; Rana nigromaculata

Indexed keywords

ANURA; RANA NIGROMACULATA;

EID: 56049098213     PISSN: 16733509     EISSN: 16733622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11515-008-0064-4     Document Type: Article

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