Tests or competition, cannibalism, and priority effects in two phytotelm-dwelling tadpoles from Madagascar

Herpetologica

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-13

  Lehtinen, Richard M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b 931 College Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

Detritivory; Madagascar; Mantellidae; Mantidactylus; Multiple cohort; Phytotelmata

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; COHORT ANALYSIS; DETRITIVORY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FROG; GROWTH RATE; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PHYTOTELMIC ECOSYSTEM; PRIOR RESIDENCE;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; MANTELLINAE; MANTIDACTYLUS; MANTIDACTYLUS BICALCARATUS; MANTIDACTYLUS PUNCTATUS; MANTIDACTYLUX BICALCARATUS; MANTIDACTYLUX PUNCTATUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 0346829716     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/02-88     Document Type: Article

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