The natural history of two plant-breeding frogs from Madagascar, Guibemantis bicalcaratus and G. punctatus (Anura: Mantellidae)

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Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-49

  Lehtinen, Richard M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b The College of Wooster   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Body size; Longevity; Mark recapture; Population structure; Sex ratio; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ANURA; MANTELLINAE; PANDANUS;

EID: 62149114507     PISSN: 00363375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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