Direct and indirect effects of predation on tadpole community structure in the Amazon rainforest

Austral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 474-482

  Hero, Jean Marc ^a,b   Gascon, Claude ^b   Magnusson, William E ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anuran larvae; Assemblage structure; Fish; MDS; Ordination; Path analysis; Predation; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044395519     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1998.tb00755.x     Document Type: Article

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