Natural Egg Mortality and Clutch Size of the Japanese Treefrog, Rhacophorus arboreus (Amphibia: Rhacophoridae)

Current Herpetology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 79-84

  Kusano, Tamotsu ^a   Sakai, Aki ^a   Hatanaka, Sumio ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clutch size; Egg mortality; Foam nest; Rhacophorus arboreus; Seasonal change

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016610906     PISSN: 13455834     EISSN: 18811019     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3105/1345-5834(2005)24[79:NEMACS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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