Pond drying, predators, and the distribution of Pseudacris tadpoles

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1996, Pages 599-605

  Skelly, David K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANURA; CAUDATA; PISCES; PSEUDACRIS; PSEUDACRIS CRUCIFER; PSEUDACRIS TRISERIATA;

EID: 0029952809     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447523     Document Type: Article

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