Age, size, and growth of the chilean frog pleurodema thaul (Anura: Leiuperidae): Latitudinal and altitudinal effects

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2010, Pages 609-617

  Iturra Cid, Myriam ^a   Ortiz, Juan C ^a   Ibargüengoytía, Nora R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; AGE CLASS; ALTITUDE; BODY SIZE; CHRONOLOGY; CLIMATE EFFECT; FROG; GROWTH RATE; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; LATITUDE; LONGEVITY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VON BERTALANFFY EQUATION;

CHILE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ITATA; PLEURODEMA THAUL;

EID: 78650430573     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CG-09-193     Document Type: Article

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