Preference and competition for breeding plants in coexisting Ranitomeya species (Dendrobatidae): Does height play a role?

Salamandra

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 180-184

  Schulte, Lisa Maria ^a   Rödder, Dennis ^a   Schulte, Rainer ^b   Lötters, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b Instituto de Investigación de la Biología de las Cordilleras Orientales   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENDROBATIDAE;

EID: 77956019340     PISSN: 00363375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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