Rapid sexual maturity and short life span in the blue-legged frog and the rainbow frog from the arid Isalo Massif, southern-central Madagascar

Zoology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 378-384

  Guarino, Fabio M ^a   Tessa, Giulia ^b,c   Mercurio, Vincenzo ^d   Andreone, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age structure; Bone growth marks; Life history traits; Tropical anurans

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CLASSIFICATION; CYTOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONGEVITY; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BODY SIZE; BONE DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MADAGASCAR; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; MANTELLA EXPECTATA; SCAPHIOPHRYNE GOTTLEBEI;

EID: 78649633451     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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