Ecosystem engineering by a tropical tadpole: Density-dependent effects on habitat structure and larval growth rates

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 1999, Pages 495-500

  Flecker, Alexander S ^a   Feifarek, Brian P ^b   Taylor, Brad W ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT STRUCTURE;

ALGAE; ANURA; RANA PALMIPES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033532133     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447498     Document Type: Article

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