Antipredator defenses influence the distribution of amphibian prey species in the central Amazon Rain Forest

Biotropica

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 131-141

  Hero, Jean Marc ^a   Magnusson, William E ^b   Rocha, Carlos F D ^c   Catterall, Carla P ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

^c Instituto de Biologia   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Assemblage; Community; Diversity; Palatability; Predation; Survival; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

AMAZON RAINFOREST; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; CENTROLENE; CENTROLENELLA OYAMPIENSIS; REPTILIA;

EID: 0034985145     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2001.tb00163.x     Document Type: Article

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