Multiple paternity in the moor frog, Rana arvalis

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 515-521

  Knopp, Theresa ^a   Merilä, Juha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Multiple paternity; Polygamy; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CLUTCH SIZE; FROG; GENOTYPE; MULTIPLE MATING; PATERNITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA ARVALIS;

EID: 76749148629     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853809789647112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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