Frogs and snakes as phoretic dispersal agents of bromeliad ostracods (Limnocytheridae: Elpidium) and annelids (Naididae: Dero)

Biotropica

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 705-708

  Lopez, Luiz Carlos Serramo ^a   Pena Rodrigues, Pablo J F ^a   Rios, Ricardo Iglesias ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Annelid; Bromeliad; Dero; Elpidium; Frog; Ostracod; Phoresia; Phytotelmata

Indexed keywords

ANNELIDA; ANURA; DERO; ELPIDIUM; LIMNOCYTHERIDAE; NAIDIDAE; OSTRACODA; SERPENTES;

EID: 0343415525     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.1999.tb00421.x     Document Type: Article

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