The effects of snake predation on metamorphosis of western toads, bufo boreas (Amphibia, Bufonidae)

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 185-193

  Devito, Jill ^a,b   Chivers, Douglas P ^a   Kiesecker, Joseph M ^a   Marco, Adolfo ^a   Wildy, Erica L ^a   Blaustein, Andrew R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMON GARTER SNAKE; EMERGENCE; METAMORPHOSIS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; WESTERN TOAD;

BUFO BOREAS; THAMNOPHIBIS SIRTALIS;

EID: 0031923182     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00061.x     Document Type: Article

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