Site fidelity and patterns of short- and long-term movement in the brilliant-thighed poison frog Allobates femoralis (Aromobatidae)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1281-1293

  Ringler, Max ^a   Ursprung, Eva ^a   Hödl, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Dendrobatoidea; Dispersal; Movement; Site fidelity; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; FROG; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; MOVEMENT; NATURE RESERVE; SITE FIDELITY; TERRITORIALITY;

FRENCH GUIANA; LES NOURAGUES NATURE RESERVE; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; DENDROBATIDAE; EPIPEDOBATES FEMORALIS;

EID: 67650421493     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0793-7     Document Type: Article

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