Pre-hibernation energy reserves in a temperate anuran, Rana chensinensis, along a relatively fine elevational gradient

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 97-102

  Lu, Xin ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Li, Yang ^a   Ma, Xiaoyan ^a   Fellers, Gary M ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elevation; Life history; Sex differences; Storage organs

Indexed keywords

ANURA; RANA CHENSINENSIS;

EID: 59049093632     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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