Food and space dependent effects during the interactions of two species of larval salamanders

Journal of Freshwater Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 431-437

  Brodman, Robert ^a  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROWTH RATE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; SPECIES COMPETITION; SURVIVAL;

AMPHIBIAN; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FOOD LIMITATION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LARVA; LIMITING FACTOR;

AMBYSTOMA JEFFERSONIANUM; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM;

EID: 0033370916     PISSN: 02705060     EISSN: 21566941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02705060.1999.9663701     Document Type: Article

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