Effects of inter- and intraspecific competition on growth and development of Bufo viridis and Bufo bufo tadpoles

Limnologica

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 122-130

  Katzmann, Sophie ^a   Waringer Löschenkohl, Andrea ^b   Waringer, Johann A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Inst of Ecol and Conserv Biology   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bufo bufo; Bufo viridis; Competition; Development; Growth; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; FROG; GROWTH; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; METAMORPHOSIS; TOAD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO BUFO; BUFO DEBILIS; BUFO VIRIDIS; REPTILIA;

EID: 0041941415     PISSN: 00759511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0075-9511(03)80041-5     Document Type: Article

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