Dispersal of Brown Frogs Rana japonica and R. ornativentris in the Forests of the Tama Hills

Current Herpetology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-10

  Osawa, Satoshi ^a   Katsuno, Takehiko ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dispersal distance; Landscape ecology; Mark Recapture; Rana japonica; Rana ornativentris; Site fidelity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924230702     PISSN: 13455834     EISSN: 18811019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5358/hsj.20.1     Document Type: Article

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