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Egg size variation among various breeding habitats in the salamander,Hynobius lichenatus

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  1. Hisashi Takahashi

    Present address: Ecological Laboratory, Faculty of Science, Kanazawa University, 920, Kanazawa, Japan

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  1. Biological Institute, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 950-21, Niigata, Japan

    Hisashi Takahashi

  2. Biological Institute, Faculty of Science, Niigata University, 950-21, Niigata, Japan

    Hisaaki Iwasawa

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Takahashi, H., Iwasawa, H. Egg size variation among various breeding habitats in the salamander,Hynobius lichenatus . Ecol. Res. 5, 393–398 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02347013

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