Benefits of eating conspecifics: Effects of background diet on survival and metamorphosis in the Cuban Treefrog (Osteopilus septentrionalis)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2000, Pages 469-474

  Babbitt, Kimberly J ^a,c   Meshaka Jr , Walter E ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d Everglades National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FROG; METAMORPHOSIS; SURVIVAL;

ALGAE; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OSTEOPILUS SEPTENTRIONALIS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034621375     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2000)000[0469:BOECEO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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