Geographic variation in body size and sexual size dimorphism in the giant spiny frog Paa spinosa (David, 1875) (Anura: Ranoidae)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 44, Issue 27, 2010, Pages 1729-1741

  Yu, Bao Gen ^a   Zheng, Rong Quan ^a   Zhang, Yun ^a   Liu, Chun Tao ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anura; Bergmann's rule; Climate; Geographic variation; Intraspecific; Primary production

Indexed keywords

BERGMANN RULE; BODY SHAPE; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FROG; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CHINA;

ANURA; PAA SPINOSA;

EID: 77953660930     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222931003632682     Document Type: Article

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