Predation on foam nests of leptodactyline frogs (Anura: Leptodactylidae) by larvae of Beckeriella niger (Diptera: Ephydridae)

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-243

  Menin, Marcelo ^a,b   Giaretta, Ariovaldo A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anura; Diptera predation; Ephydridae; Foam nest; Leptodactylinae

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FLY; FROG; MORTALITY; NEST PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; DIPTERA; EPHYDRIDAE; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; LEPTODACTYLINAE; LEPTODACTYLUS; PHYSALAEMUS; PHYSALAEMUS CUVIERI; REPTILIA;

EID: 0344099635     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836903004138     Document Type: Article

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