Tests of functional equivalence: Complementary roles of salamanders and fish in community organization

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 477-489

  Kurzava, Lynn M ^a,b   Morin, Peter J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anurans; Bufo woodhousii; Enneacanthus obesus; Fish; Hyla andersonii; Hyla versicolor; Notophthalmus viridescens; Ponds; Predation; Pseudacris crucifer; Rana sphenocephala; Salamanders

Indexed keywords

AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO WOODHOUSII; CAUDATA; ENNEACANTHUS; ENNEACANTHUS OBESUS; HYLA ANDERSONII; HYLA VERSICOLOR; NOTOPHTHALMUS; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; PSEUDACRIS; PSEUDACRIS CRUCIFER; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SCAPHIOPUS HOLBROOKII;

EID: 0031853706     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0477:TOFECR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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