Altitudinal decline of body size in a Tibetan frog

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 279, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 364-371

  Ma, X ^a   Lu, X ^a   Merila J ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age; Altitude; Amphibian; Bergmann's rule; Body size; Growth rate; Nanorana parkeri; Tibet

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; BERGMANN RULE; BODY SIZE; ECTOTHERMY; FROG; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; METAMORPHOSIS; OXYGEN; SEXUAL MATURITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; NANORANA PARKERI; RANIDAE;

EID: 70949089248     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00627.x     Document Type: Article

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