Altitudinal variation of demographic life-history traits does not mimic latitudinal variation in natterjack toads (Bufo calamita)

Zoology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-37

  Oromi, Neus ^a   Sanuy, Delfi ^a   Sinsch, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b Institut für Integrierte Naturwissenschaften   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Longevity; Phenotypic plasticity; Potential reproductive lifespan; Skeletochronology

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BUFONIDAE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; LONGEVITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; BUFONIDAE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GEOGRAPHY; LONGEVITY; MALE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO CALAMITA;

EID: 84856209987     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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