Ontogenetic change in the diet of the pond frog, Rana nigromaculata

Ecological Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 639-644

  Hirai, Toshiaki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Foraging modes; Morphological constraints; Postmetamorphic ontogeny; Prey selection; Rana nigromaculata

Indexed keywords

DIETARY SHIFT; FROG; ONTOGENY; PREY SELECTION;

ANURA; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; FORMICIDAE; ORTHOPTERA; RANA NIGROMACULATA;

EID: 24944588717     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2002.00521.x     Document Type: Article

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