Competition between tadpoles and mosquitoes: The effects of larval density and tadpole size

Australian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 549-563

  Mokany, Allie ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; MOSQUITO; POPULATION DENSITY;

CRINIA; CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; LIMNODYNASTES; LIMNODYNASTES PERONII; OCHLEROTATUS AUSTRALIS;

EID: 0036913937     PISSN: 0004959X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/ZO01082     Document Type: Article

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