Predation of juvenile and adult anurans by invertebrates: Current knowledge and perspectives

Herpetological Review

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 395-400

  Toledo, Luís Felipe ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 30944432082     PISSN: 0018084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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