Differences in diet among frogs and lizards coexisting in subtropical forests of Australia

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-46

  Lima, Albertina P ^a   Magnusson, William E ^a   Williams, David G ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMPHIPODA; ANURA; ARTHROPODA; DIPLOPODA; FORMICIDAE; ISOPODA; ISOPTERA; LIMNODYNASTINAE; ORTHOPTERA; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034066320     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565236     Document Type: Article

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