Interactions of bullfrog tadpole predators and an insecticide: Predation release and facilitation

Oecologia

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 610-616

  Boone, Michelle D ^a,b   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian populations; Anuran; Carbaryl; Indirect effects; Predator prey interaction

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FACILITATION; INSECTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; PREDATION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ASTACOIDEA; BODY CONSTITUTION; CARBARYL; FOOD CHAIN; INSECTICIDES; LARVA; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; PERCIFORMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RANA CATESBEIANA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; ASTACOIDEA; BOS TAURUS; CAMBARIDAE; LEPOMIS; LEPOMIS MACROCHIRUS; NOTOPHTHALMUS; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; ORCONECTES; PERCIFORMES; RANA CATESBEIANA; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 0345530945     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1394-1     Document Type: Article

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