Modified interactions between salamander life stages caused by wildfire-induced sedimentation

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 740-745

  Lawrence Kerby, J ^a   Kats, Lee B ^a  

^a PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative prey; California; California newt; California newts; Cannibalism; Chaparral wildfire; Diet preferences; Earthworms; Interactions; Mudslides; Newt cannibalism; Salamander life stages; Santa Monica Mountains; Taricha torosa; USA

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CANNIBALISM; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LANDSLIDE; WILDFIRE;

CALIFORNIA; COLD CREEK CANYON; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; SALAMANDRIDAE; TARICHA TOROSA;

EID: 3543001023     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0740:mibsls]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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