Responses to competition effects of two anuran tadpoles according to life-history traits

Oikos

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-50

  Richter Boix, Alex ^a   Llorente, Gustavo A ^a   Montori, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO BUFO; PELODYTES; PELODYTES PUNCTATUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 3042532225     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12743.x     Document Type: Article

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