Impact of plant cover on fitness and behavioural traits of captive red-eyed tree frogs (agalychnis callidryas)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Michaels, Christopher J ^a   Antwis, Rachael E ^a   Preziosi, Richard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGALYCHNIS CALLIDRYAS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANURA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BODY GROWTH; BODY SIZE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PLACE PREFERENCE; PLANT COVER; ANIMAL; BREEDING; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REPRODUCTIVE FITNESS; SKIN; SYMBIOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC FITNESS; MALE; MICROBIOTA; PHENOTYPE; PLANTS; SKIN; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84899704156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0095207.g001     Document Type: Article

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