Pond attributes influence competitive interactions between tadpoles and mosquito larvae

Austral Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 396-404

  Mokany, Allie ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aedes; Crinia; Culex; Interspecific competition; Limnodynastes

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; MOSQUITO; POND; SURVIVAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; WORLD;

ANURA; CRINIA; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; LIMNODYNASTES; LIMNODYNASTES PERONII; OCHLEROTATUS AUSTRALIS; RANA RIDIBUNDA;

EID: 0000127075     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.01193.x     Document Type: Article

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