Patterns of habitat and invertebrate diet overlap between tiger salamanders and ducks in prairie potholes

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 481, Issue , 2002, Pages 47-59

  Benoy, Glenn A ^a   Nudds, Thomas D ^a   Dunlop, Erin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambystoma; Anatidae; Aquatic invertebrates; Diet overlap; Habitat overlap; Indirect interactions; Prairie wetlands

Indexed keywords

NUTRITION; SURVEYS; WETLANDS;

LITTORAL HABITATS;

HYDROLOGY;

AMPHIBIAN; DIETARY OVERLAP; HABITAT USE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; WATERFOWL;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANATIDAE; ANSER; AYTHYA; CAUDATA; INVERTEBRATA; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 0036705152     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021260920095     Document Type: Article

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