Does foraging activity change with ontogeny? An assessment for six sympatric species of postmetamorphic litter anurans in central Amazonia

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 192-200

  Lima, Albertina P ^a   Magnusson, William E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOMERA; ADENOMERA ANDREAE; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO MARGARITIFER; COLOSTETHUS MARCHESIANUS; DENDROPHRYNISCUS MINUTUS; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS FENESTRATUS; EPIPEDOBATES FEMORALIS; PROTOMELAS FENESTRATUS;

EID: 0034118262     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565415     Document Type: Article

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