Adult and juvenile sex identification in threatened monomorphic geocrinia frogs using fecal steroid analysis

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 112-118

  Hogan, Lindsay A ^a,b   Lisle, Allan T ^a   Johnston, Stephen D ^a   Goad, Tammy ^b   Robertston, Helen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Perth Zoo   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; GEOCRINIA;

EID: 84876010543     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/11-290     Document Type: Article

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