Body size and age structure of Pelophylax ridibundus populations from two different altitudes in Turkey

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 287-292

  Gül, Serkan ^a   Özdemir, Nurhayat ^a   Üzüm, Nazan ^b   Olgun, Kurtuluş ^b   Kutrup, Bilal ^c  

^a RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Age; Lake Frog; Pelophylax ridibundus; skeletochronology

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ALTITUDE; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FROG; MATURATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

DORTYOL; HATAY; TURKEY;

ANURA; PELOPHYLAX;

EID: 79955576572     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/017353711X559094     Document Type: Article

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