Food habits of an endangered Japanese frog, Rana porosa brevipoda

Ecological Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 737-743

  Hirai, Toshiaki ^a   Matsui, Masafumi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endangered frog; Food analysis; Rana porosa brevipoda; Rice field ecosystems; Wildlife conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 2142732918     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2001.00430.x     Document Type: Article

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