Potential mechanisms underlying the displacement of native red-legged frogs by introduced bullfrogs

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1964-1970

  Kiesecker, Joseph M ^a   Blaustein, Andrew R ^b   Miller, Cheri L ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anuran larvae; Competition; Exotics; Higher order interactions; Interspecific competition; Introduced species; Rana aurora; Rana catesbeiana

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DISPLACEMENT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA AURORA; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 0034913475     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[1964:PMUTDO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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