Influence of Habitat Complexity on Predator-Prey Interactions between the Fish (Gambusia holbrooki) and Tadpoles of Hyla squirella and Gastrophryne carolinensis

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2004, Pages 173-177

  Baber, Matthew J ^a,b   Babbitt, Kimberly J ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COMPLEXITY; FISH; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CAROLINENSIS; GAMBUSIA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; GAMBUSIA HOLBROOKI; GASTROPHRYNE; GASTROPHRYNE CAROLINENSIS; HYLA SQUIRELLA; LEPOMIS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 1242298888     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CE-03-056R1     Document Type: Article

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