Explosion into the canyon: An insight into the breeding aggregation of Scaphiophryne gottlebei Busse & Böhme, 1992

North-Western Journal of Zoology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 329-333

  Rosa, Gonçalo M ^a,b   Mercurio, Vincenzo ^c   Crottini, Angelica ^d,e,f   Andreone, Franco ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^f CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^g MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anura; Canyon; Isalo; Madagascar; Microhylids; Reproduction; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

ANURA; MICROHYLIDAE; SCAPHIOPHRYNE GOTTLEBEI;

EID: 84855822445     PISSN: 15849074     EISSN: 18435629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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