Are bufonid toads specialized ant-feeders? A case test from the Argentinian flooding pampa

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 36, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 2005-2012

  Isacch, Juan Pablo ^a   Barg, Mónica ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ants; Anuran community; Argentina; Bufo arenarum; Bufo dorbignyi; Bufonids; Flooding pampa; Niche overlap; Odontophrynus americanus; Specialized diet

Indexed keywords

DIET; NICHE OVERLAP; PREY AVAILABILITY; TOAD;

ARGENTINA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO ARENARUM; BUFONIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; ODONTOPHRYNUS AMERICANUS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037111042     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930110092153     Document Type: Article

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