Responses of a pond-breeding amphibian community to the experimental removal of predatory fish

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-73

  Walston, Leroy J ^a,b   Mullin, Stephen J ^a  

^a EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FISH; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TEXANUM; AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33846863998     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2007)157[63:ROAPAC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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