Nest Site Selection and Embryonic Survival in Four-Toed Salamanders, Hemidactylium scutatum (Caudata: Plethodontidae)
Nest site selection occurs when females place eggs at sites that differ from random sites within a delimited area. Selection of components of the microhabitat that increase embryonic survival is expected. Female four-toed salamanders, Hemidactylium scutatum, at two montane study ponds in Virginia se...
Veröffentlicht in: | Herpetologica. - Herpetologists� League, 1936. - 64(2008), 1, Seite 12-19 |
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Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Herpetologica |
Schlagworte: | Embryonic survival Hemidactylium scutatum Nest site selection Plethodontidae Behavioral sciences Biological sciences Physical sciences |
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