Interspecific competition between Bufo larvae under conditions of community transition

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1751-1759

  Bardsley, Louise ^a   Beebee, Trevor J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bufo larvae; Community transition; Interference and resource competition; Prototheca richardsi

Indexed keywords

INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; SUCCESSION; TOAD;

BUFO; BUFO BUFO; BUFO CALAMITA; PROTOTHECA RICHARDSI;

EID: 0031829560     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1751:icbblu]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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