Migration and orientation in anuran amphibians

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1990, Pages 65-79

  Sinsch, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anurans; Compass; Homing; Magnetoperception; Migration; Olfaction; Orientation; Phonotaxis; Vision

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924360494     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1990.9525494     Document Type: Article

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