Ontogenic effects on prey selection and food habits of two sympatric East Texas ranids: The southern leopard frog, Rana sphenocephala, and the bronze frog, Rana clamitans clamitans

Herpetological Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 208-211

  Forstner, J M ^a   Forstner, M R J ^a,b   Dixon, J R ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RANA CLAMITANS; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA;

EID: 0032413081     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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