Do anurans living in higher altitudes have higher prehibernation energy storage? Investigations from a high-altitude frog

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-49

  Chen, Wei ^a   Wang, Xinyi ^a   Fan, Xiaogang ^a  

^a MIANYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy storage; Pre hibernation; Rana Kukunoris; Tibetan plateau

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875111709     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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