Ontogenetic changes in diet and intestinal morphology in semi-terrestrial tadpoles of Nannophrys ceylonensis (Dicroglossidae)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1012-1018

  Wickramasinghe, Deepthi D ^a   Oseen, Kerri L ^b   Wassersug, Richard J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^b Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology ^*  (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORY; CONSPECIFIC; DIET; FROG; GROWTH; HERBIVORY; JUVENILE; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; STOMACH CONTENT; SURVIVAL;

ANURA; ELEUTHERODACTYLUS COOKI; NANNOPHRYS CEYLONENSIS;

EID: 37849001716     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[1012:OCIDAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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