Home range behaviour in male and female poison frogs in Amazonian Peru (Dendrobatidae: Ranitomeya reticulata)

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 45, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 15-27

  Werner, Philine ^a,b   Elle, Ortwin ^b   Schulte, Lisa M ^a,b   Lötters, Stefan ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Parental care; Phytotelmata; Ranitomeya reticulata; Reproductive strategy; Space use

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FROG; HOME RANGE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PARENTAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SITE FIDELITY; SPACE USE;

AMAZONIA; PERU;

ANURA; DENDROBATIDAE;

EID: 78650252708     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2010.502257     Document Type: Article

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