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Are there costs to extended larval transport in the Trinidadian stream frog, Mannophryne trinitatis (Dendrobatidae)?

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Downie, J. R., Robinson, E., Linklater-Mclennan, R. J., Somerville, E., Kamenos, N. (2005): Are there costs to extended larval transport in the Trinidadian stream frog, Mannophryne trinitatis (Dendrobatidae)? Journal of Natural History 39 (22): 2023-2034, DOI: 10.1080/00222930400026985, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222930400026985

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