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Original Articles

Home range behaviour in male and female poison frogs in Amazonian Peru (Dendrobatidae: Ranitomeya reticulata)

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Pages 15-27 | Received 25 Sep 2009, Accepted 15 Jun 2010, Published online: 14 Dec 2010

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