Age Structure of females in a breeding Population of Echinotriton chinhaiensis (Caudata: Salamandridae) and its conservation implication

Asian Herpetological Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 91-96

  Yang, Weizhao ^a,b   Liu, Chang ^a   Jiang, Jianping ^a   Li, Chang ^a   Xie, Feng ^a  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Age structure; Clutch size; Fecundity; Sexual maturity; Skeletochronology

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955170669     PISSN: 20950357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1245.2011.00091     Document Type: Article

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