Body Size and Age Structure of Breeding Populations of the Salamander, Hynobius tokyoensis (Caudata: Hynobiidae)

Current Herpetology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 71-78

  Kusano, Tamotsu ^a   Nakagawa, Hikaru ^a   Ueda, Takehito ^b  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Northern Biology Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age at first reproduction; Age structure; Body size; Hynobius tokyoensis; Skeletochronology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85011364102     PISSN: 13455834     EISSN: 18811019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3105/1345-5834(2006)25[71:BSAASO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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