Trophic habits and aquatic microhabitat use in gilled immature, paedomorphic and metamorphic alpine newts (Triturus alpestris apuanus) in a pond in central Italy

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 95-102

  Denoël, Mathieu ^a   Andreone, Franco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b MUSEO REGIONALE DI SCIENZE NATURALI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Density regulation; Diet; Facultative paedomorphosis; Habitat; Newt; Resource partitioning; Size selective predation; Vacant niches

Indexed keywords

DIET; HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; PAEDOMORPHOSIS; POLYMORPHISM;

ITALY;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; INSECTA; REPTILIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; TRITURUS; TRITURUS ALPESTRIS;

EID: 0344704018     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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