Density dependence in a larval salamander: The effects of interference and food limitation

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 1998, Pages 926-935

  Walls, Susan C ^a,b  

^a CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CANNIBALISM; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FOOD LIMITATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032583423     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447339     Document Type: Article

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