The effect of community composition on persistence of prey with their predators in an assemblage of pond-breeding amphibians

Oecologia

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 134-141

  Walls, Susan C ^a,c   Williams, Marc G ^b  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Community ecology; Intraguild predation; Larval amphibians; Mesocosms; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PERSISTENCE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ALGAE; AMBYSTOMA JEFFERSONIANUM; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMBYSTOMA OPACUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANURA; CAUDATA; RANA SYLVATICA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0034937570     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100636     Document Type: Article

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