Reproductive output of the brown frog <em>Rana kukunoris</em> at high altitude of the Tibetan plateau
Rana kukunoris is endemic to the eastern Tibetan plateau and its breeding ecology was not known so far. In this study, we investigated the reproductive output patterns of the species during the breeding periods of 2012 and 2013. Our results showed that clutch size and total clutch volume increased w...
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| author | Wei Chen Li Zhao Ying Wang Hua Li Dujun He Lina Ren Zhonghai Tang Xin Lu |
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| description | Rana kukunoris is endemic to the eastern Tibetan plateau and its breeding ecology was not known so far. In this study, we investigated the reproductive output patterns of the species during the breeding periods of 2012 and 2013. Our results showed that clutch size and total clutch volume increased with maternal body size. However, no significant correlation between egg number and egg size was observed, which suggested that the tradeoff between offspring number and size in this species was lack. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b9da49c1901e4fc1a9529b3ee6203ebe2022-12-21T18:11:21ZengFirenze University PressActa Herpetologica1827-96351827-96432013-12-018210.13128/Acta_Herpetol-1270011707Reproductive output of the brown frog <em>Rana kukunoris</em> at high altitude of the Tibetan plateauWei Chen0Li ZhaoYing WangHua LiDujun HeLina RenZhonghai TangXin LuMianyang Normal UniversityRana kukunoris is endemic to the eastern Tibetan plateau and its breeding ecology was not known so far. In this study, we investigated the reproductive output patterns of the species during the breeding periods of 2012 and 2013. Our results showed that clutch size and total clutch volume increased with maternal body size. However, no significant correlation between egg number and egg size was observed, which suggested that the tradeoff between offspring number and size in this species was lack.https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ah/article/view/1694 |
| spellingShingle | Wei Chen Li Zhao Ying Wang Hua Li Dujun He Lina Ren Zhonghai Tang Xin Lu Reproductive output of the brown frog <em>Rana kukunoris</em> at high altitude of the Tibetan plateau Acta Herpetologica |
| title | Reproductive output of the brown frog <em>Rana kukunoris</em> at high altitude of the Tibetan plateau |
| title_full | Reproductive output of the brown frog <em>Rana kukunoris</em> at high altitude of the Tibetan plateau |
| title_fullStr | Reproductive output of the brown frog <em>Rana kukunoris</em> at high altitude of the Tibetan plateau |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reproductive output of the brown frog <em>Rana kukunoris</em> at high altitude of the Tibetan plateau |
| title_short | Reproductive output of the brown frog <em>Rana kukunoris</em> at high altitude of the Tibetan plateau |
| title_sort | reproductive output of the brown frog em rana kukunoris em at high altitude of the tibetan plateau |
| url | https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ah/article/view/1694 |
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