Seasonal, sexual and ontogenetic variations in the diet of the 'declining' frogs Litoria nannotis, Litoria rheocola and Nyctimystes dayi

Wildlife Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 345-354

  Hodgkison, Simon ^a   Hero, Jean Marc ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FROG; ONTOGENY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LITORIA NANNOTIS; LITORIA RHEOCOLA; NYCTIMYSTES DAYI; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141428831     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR01008     Document Type: Article

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