Skeletochronology of phalanges underestimates the true age of long-lived alpine newts (Ichthyosaura alpestris)

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-148

  Wagner, Alexander ^a   Schabetsberger, Robert ^b   Sztatecsny, Marc ^a   Kaiser, Roland ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Age; Amphibians; Longevity; Mark recapture; Urodeles

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; TRITURUS ALPESTRIS;

EID: 79958116115     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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