Body size and diet of recently metamorphosed spadefoot toads (Scaphiopus couchii)

Herpetologica

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 507-515

  Newman, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anura; Body size; Diet; Foraging; Scaphiopus couchii

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING; MORPHOGENESIS; PREY; SIZE; TOAD;

BODY SIZE; DIET; METAMORPHOSIS; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE; TOAD;

SCAPHIOPUS COUCHII;

EID: 0033371023     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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