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Reproductive and trophic ecology of Ansonia minuta (Amphibia: Bufonidae)

Reproductive and dietary ecology of Ansonia minuta was studied at Kubah National Park, Sarawak. A total of 22 individuals (12 males and 10 females) were examined to determine sexual size dimorphism, and dietary and reproductive characteristics. In this species, body size was not correlated with di...

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Main Authors: Direp, Y., Das, I., Haas, A.
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Language:English
Published: Malayan Nature Journal 2009
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QL Zoology
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spelling my.unimas.ir.35642021-07-02T07:38:19Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3564/ Reproductive and trophic ecology of Ansonia minuta (Amphibia: Bufonidae) Direp, Y. Das, I. Haas, A. QL Zoology Reproductive and dietary ecology of Ansonia minuta was studied at Kubah National Park, Sarawak. A total of 22 individuals (12 males and 10 females) were examined to determine sexual size dimorphism, and dietary and reproductive characteristics. In this species, body size was not correlated with diet (as expressed in terms of stomach content weight or quantity of food ingested) or reproductive output (clutch size, egg size or clutch weight) in females. Males, however, showed a relationship between body size and stomach weight. Sexual size dimorphism was found to be significant in the species, with females being the larger of the sexes. Ansoniaminuta is an ant-specialist, rarely consuming non-ant food resources. Malayan Nature Journal 2009 Article NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3564/1/Direp%2C%20Y.pdf Direp, Y. and Das, I. and Haas, A. (2009) Reproductive and trophic ecology of Ansonia minuta (Amphibia: Bufonidae). Malayan Nature Journal, 61 (4). pp. 285-292.
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Direp, Y.
Das, I.
Haas, A.
Reproductive and trophic ecology of Ansonia minuta (Amphibia: Bufonidae)
description Reproductive and dietary ecology of Ansonia minuta was studied at Kubah National Park, Sarawak. A total of 22 individuals (12 males and 10 females) were examined to determine sexual size dimorphism, and dietary and reproductive characteristics. In this species, body size was not correlated with diet (as expressed in terms of stomach content weight or quantity of food ingested) or reproductive output (clutch size, egg size or clutch weight) in females. Males, however, showed a relationship between body size and stomach weight. Sexual size dimorphism was found to be significant in the species, with females being the larger of the sexes. Ansoniaminuta is an ant-specialist, rarely consuming non-ant food resources.
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author Direp, Y.
Das, I.
Haas, A.
author_facet Direp, Y.
Das, I.
Haas, A.
author_sort Direp, Y.
title Reproductive and trophic ecology of Ansonia minuta (Amphibia: Bufonidae)
title_short Reproductive and trophic ecology of Ansonia minuta (Amphibia: Bufonidae)
title_full Reproductive and trophic ecology of Ansonia minuta (Amphibia: Bufonidae)
title_fullStr Reproductive and trophic ecology of Ansonia minuta (Amphibia: Bufonidae)
title_full_unstemmed Reproductive and trophic ecology of Ansonia minuta (Amphibia: Bufonidae)
title_sort reproductive and trophic ecology of ansonia minuta (amphibia: bufonidae)
publisher Malayan Nature Journal
publishDate 2009
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/3564/1/Direp%2C%20Y.pdf
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