Asymmetric competition between Rana clamitans and Hyla versicolor tadpoles

Oikos

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 626-632

  Smith, Geoffrey R ^a   Dingfelder, Haley A ^a   Vaala, David A ^a  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLA; HYLA VERSICOLOR; RANA CLAMITANS; REPTILIA;

EID: 3042579023     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12841.x     Document Type: Article

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