Energy flow and subsidies associated with the complex life cycle of ambystomatid salamanders in ponds and adjacent forest in southern Illinois

Oecologia

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 303-314

  Regester, Kurt J ^a   Lips, Karen R ^a   Whiles, Matt R ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma; Emergent biomass; Pond ecosystem; Secondary production; Terrestrial aquatic link

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER;

AMPHIBIAN; ENERGY FLOW; POND;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; EGG LAYING; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; LARVA; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FRESH WATER; ILLINOIS; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; OVIPOSITION; SEASONS; TREES; URODELA;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMBYSTOMA OPACUM; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMBYSTOMATIDAE; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA;

EID: 32444438728     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-005-0266-2     Document Type: Article

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