Competitive interactions and distributional dynamics in two Malagasy frogs

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 569-576

  Lehtinen, Richard M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b 931 College Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Coexistence; Madagascar; Mantidactylus; Pandanus; Phytotelmata; Population dynamics; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

FROG; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; MANTIDACTYLUS; MANTIDACTYLUS BICALCARATUS; MANTIDACTYLUS PUNCTATUS; PANDANUS;

EID: 23944456442     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467405002580     Document Type: Article

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