A subterranean generalist predator: Diet of the soil-dwelling caecilian Gegeneophis ramaswamii (Amphibia; Gymnophiona; Caeciliidae) in southern India A subterranean generalist predator: Diet of the soil-dwelling caecilian Gegeneophis ramaswamii

Comptes Rendus - Biologies

Volumn 327, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 65-76

  Measey, G John ^a,c   Gower, David J ^a   Oommen, Oommen V ^b   Wilkinson, Mark ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^c INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Biplot; Diet; Ecology; Predation; Soil ecosystem engineers; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DIET; GENERALIST; PREDATION; SOIL FAUNA;

AMPHIBIA; ANT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIET; EARTHWORM; ECOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING; FEMALE; HYPOTHESIS; INDIA; INGESTION; INTESTINE; ISOPTERA; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; SOIL FAUNA; TAXON; VERTEBRATE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; INDIA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOIL;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; KERALA; SOUTH ASIA;

AMPHIBIA; CAECILIA; FORMICIDAE; GEGENEOPHIS RAMASWAMII; GYMNOPHIONA; ISOPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0842309285     PISSN: 16310691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crvi.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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