Diet of the Ouachita dusky salamander (Desmognathus brimleyorum) in southeastern Oklahoma

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 398-401

  Shipman, Paul ^a   Crosswhite, Doyle L ^b   Fox, Stanley F ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b St Gregory's University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DIET; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; SIZE EFFECT;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; DESMOGNATHUS BRIMLEYORUM; DESMOGNATHUS FUSCUS; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033044453     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1999)141[0398:DOTODS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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