Gut size variation among Bufo spinulosus populations along an altitudinal (and dietary) gradient

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-20

  Naya, Daniel E ^a   Veloso, Claudio ^b   Bozinovic, Francisco ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SIZE STRUCTURE; TOAD;

ANURA; BUFO SPINULOSUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 63449097352     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.046.0102     Document Type: Article

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