Oviposition preferences in newts: Does temperature matter?

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 533-539

  Dvořák, Jan ^a   Gvoždík, Lumír ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BREEDING SITE; DECISION MAKING; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FITNESS; OVIPOSITION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS ALPESTRIS;

EID: 65649117779     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01633.x     Document Type: Article

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