Predation on amphibians by spiders (Arachnida, Araneae) in the Neotropical region

Phyllomedusa

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-47

  Menin, Marcelo ^a   de Jesus Rodrigues, Domingos ^a   Salette de Azevedo, Clarissa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazonian; Anura; Gymnophiona; Intraguild predation; Neotropical region; Predator prey interaction

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SPIDER;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; MANAUS; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; BUFONIDAE; CAECILIA; CAECILIIDAE (AMPHIBIA); CENTROLENIDAE; CTENIDAE; CTENUS; DENDROBATIDAE; GYMNOPHIONA; HYLIDAE; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; LYCOSIDAE; MICROHYLIDAE; PISAURIDAE; THERAPHOSIDAE;

EID: 27944436206     PISSN: 15191397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11606/issn.2316-9079.v4i1p39-47     Document Type: Article

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