Breeding-site selection by the poison frog ranitomeya biolat in amazonian bamboo forests: An experimental approach

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 453-463

  Von May, Rudolf ^a   Medina Müller, Margarita ^b   Donnelly, Maureen A ^a   Summers, Kyle ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; BREEDING SITE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FROG; HABITAT SELECTION; JUVENILE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RESOURCE USE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; DENDROBATIDAE;

EID: 68149158631     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z09-026     Document Type: Article

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