Tadpoles balance foraging and predator avoidance: Effects of predation, pond drying, and hunger

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 627-634

  Bridges, Christine M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; NOTOPHTHALMUS; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; PSEUDACRIS TRISERIATA; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 0036945787     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2002)036[0627:TBFAPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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