Tadpole communities

American Scientist

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 36-45

  Skelly, David K ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PREDATION; SPRING PEEPER; STRIPED CHORUS FROG; TADPOLE COMMUNITY;

USA, MICHIGAN;

LITORIA; PSEUDACRIS CRUCIFER; PSEUDACRIS TRISERIATA;

EID: 0031450951     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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