Predation by an exotic crayfish, Procambarus clarkii, on Natterjack Toad, Bufo calamita, embryos: Its role on the exclusion of this amphibian from its breeding ponds

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 2, 2006, Pages 274-280

  Cruz, Maria J ^a   Pascoal, Sandra ^a   Tejedo, Miguel ^b   Rebelo, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CRAYFISH; HABITAT USE; PREDATION; TOAD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ASTACOIDEA; BUFO CALAMITA; PROCAMBARUS; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 33744829741     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2006)6[274:PBAECP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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