Predation as the key factor structuring tadpole assemblages in a savanna area in Central Amazonia

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-33

  Azevedo Ramos, Claudia ^a,c   Magnusson, William E ^b   Bayliss, Peter ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^d LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION; SAVANNA;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL;

EID: 0033525067     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447381     Document Type: Article

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