Do behavioral interactions between salamanders and beetles indicate a guild relationship?

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 363-374

  Gall, Stephanie B ^a,b   Anthony, Carl D ^a   Wicknick, Jill A ^a  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BEETLE; GUILD; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRAGUILD PREDATION;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; CARABIDAE; CAUDATA; CHILOPODA; COLEOPTERA; PLATYNUS TENUICOLLIS; PLETHODON CINEREUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037382972     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2003)149[0363:DBIBSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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