Seasonal variation in the diet of a population of Hyla arborea from Romania

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 485-491

  Kovács, Éva Hajnalka ^a   Sas, István ^a   Covaciu Marcov, Severus Daniel ^a   Hartel, Tibor ^b   Cupsa, Diana ^a   Groza, Marius ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ORADEA   (Romania)

^b Mircea Eliade College   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FROG; INSECT; PREY CAPTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; ARANEAE; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HYLA ARBOREA; HYLIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 35148818004     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853807782152534     Document Type: Article

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