Use of geometric forms to estimate volume of invertebrates in ecological studies of dietary overlap

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2003, Pages 13-19

  Magnusson, William E ^a   Lima, Albertina P ^a   Da Silva, Williams Alves ^a   De Araújo, Maria Carmozina ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIETARY OVERLAP; ESTIMATION METHOD; INVERTEBRATE; VOLUME;

ARTHROPODA; HEXAPODA; INVERTEBRATA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0037467094     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2003)003[0013:UOGFTE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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