Experimental assessment of turtle predation on larval anurans

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2003, Pages 349-356

  Gomez Mestre, Iván ^a,b   Keller, Claudia ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Boston University   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; PALATABILITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVORSHIP; TURTLE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO CALAMITA; EMYS; EMYS ORBICULARIS; HYLA; HYLA MERIDIONALIS; MAUREMYS; MAUREMYS LEPROSA; PELOBATES; PELOBATES CULTRIPES; RANA PEREZI; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038461896     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2003)003[0349:EAOTPO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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