The influence of density and ration level on cultured Physalaemus pustulosus tadpoles, and the mitigation of a crowding effect by soil substrate

Applied Herpetology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 261-277

  Hailey, Adrian ^a   Sookoo, Nicole ^a   Hernandez, Elena ^a   Ramoo, Devon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Crowding; Culture; Density; Growth; Leptodactylidae; Ration; Sediment; Soil; Survival; Tadpole

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547517015     PISSN: 15707539     EISSN: 15707547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/157075407781268291     Document Type: Article

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