Clues supporting photoperiod as the main determinant of seasonal variation in amphibian activity

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 43, Issue 47-48, 2009, Pages 2975-2984

  Canavero, Andrés ^a,b   Arim, Matías ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Anura; Assemblages; Latent variables; Photoperiod; Seasonality; Structural equation model

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AMPHIBIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHOTOPERIOD; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 71149091466     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930903377539     Document Type: Article

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