Dietary selection among different size classes of larval Ambystoma jeffersonianum (Jefferson Salamanders)

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 293-299

  Bardwell, Jeff H ^a,b   Ritzi, Christopher M ^b   Parkhurst, James A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUL ROSS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA JEFFERSONIANUM; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34447275227     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2007)14[293:DSADSC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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