Feeding behaviour, food consumption, and growth efficiency of hemiclonal and parental tadpoles of the Rana esculenta complex

Functional Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 735-742

  Rist, L ^a   Semlitsch, R D ^a,b   Hotz, H ^a   Reyer, H U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Feeding time; Growth; Rana; Resource competition

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GROWTH EFFICIENCY; LARVAL GROWTH; TADPOLE;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA; RANA LESSONAE; RANA RIDIBUNDA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031423794     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.1997.00147.x     Document Type: Article

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