Asymmetric competition in larval amphibian communities: Conservation implications for the northern crawfish frog, Rana areolata circulosa

Oecologia

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 219-226

  Parris, Matthew J ^a   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetric competition; Community structure; Larvae; Performance; Rana

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FROG; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

RANA AREOLATA; RANA BLAIRI; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA;

EID: 0031702875     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050582     Document Type: Article

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