Activity and microhabitat use during interactions among five species of pond-breeding salamander larvae

Herpetologica

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 346-354

  Brodman, Robert ^a   Jaskula, Jeanette ^a  

^a Saint Josephs College   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Ambystoma; Intraguild predation; Microhabitat; Niche partitioning; Predator avoidance; Salamander larvae

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; LARVA; MICROHABITAT; NICHE PARTITIONING;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA LATERALE; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; REPTILIA;

EID: 0036344579     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0346:AAMUDI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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