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Zank,Caroline; Di-Bernardo,Marcos; Maneyro,Raúl; Colombo,Patrick; Fusinatto,Luciana A.; Fonte,Luis Fernando M. da. |
We studied the reproductive biology of a population of Pseudis minuta Günther, 1858 from Reserva Biológica do Lami (30º 15' S; 51º 05' W), Porto Alegre, southern Brazil. We assessed the spatial and temporal distribution of individuals (males, females, juveniles) and explored potential relationships with environmental variables. Field activities encompassed bimonthly surveys in three semi-permanent ponds, each one during approximately two days and two nights, from August 2004 to July 2005. We recorded differences in the sites used by males, females and juveniles, with males occupying deeper and more distant places from the border. The temporal distributions of individuals, calling sites and amplectant pairs indicated that the reproductive activity of P.... |
Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/report |
Palavras-chave: Spatial-temporal distribution; Reproductive activity; Environmental variables; Pseudis minuta. |
Ano: 2010 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0073-47212010000200010 |
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