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Year-round activity patterns in a hyperdiverse community of rainforest amphibians in Madagascar

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  • 1. Division of Evolutionary Biology, Zoological Institute, Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany;
  • 2. Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel;
  • 3. Association Mitsinjo, Andasibe (514), Madagascar

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Heinermann, Janosch, Rodríguez, Ariel, Segev, Ori, Edmonds, Devin, Dolch, Rainer, Vences, Miguel (2015): Year-round activity patterns in a hyperdiverse community of rainforest amphibians in Madagascar. Journal of Natural History 49 (33): 2213-2231, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2015.1009513

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