Age structure and body size of the Chuanxi Tree Frog Hyla annectans chuanxiensis from two different elevations in Sichuan (China)

Zoologischer Anzeiger

Volumn 248, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 255-263

  Bo Liao, Wen ^a,b   Lu, Xin ^a  

^a CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Age; Body size; Elevation effect; Hyla annectans chuanxiensis; Skeletochronology; Von Bertalanffy model

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BODY SIZE; CHRONOLOGY; ELEVATION; FROG; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE;

BAOXING; CHINA; SICHUAN;

ANURA; HYLA ANNECTANS; HYLIDAE;

EID: 77951937782     PISSN: 00445231     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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