Predation risk and competition effects on the life-history characteristics of larval Oregon spotted frog and larval red-legged frog

Oecologia

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 436-444

  Barnett, Heidy K ^a   Richardson, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Competition; Predation risk; Rana aurora; Rana pretiosa; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FROG; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; METAMORPHOSIS; PREDATION RISK;

CANADA;

AESHNA; AESHNA PALMATA; AESHNIDAE; AMPHIBIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ANURA; ODONATA; RANA AURORA; RANA PRETIOSA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0036927243     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0981-x     Document Type: Article

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