Testing the role of sediment-mediated interactions between tadpoles and armored catfish in a Neotropical stream

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2004, Pages 610-616

  Solomon, Christopher T ^a,c   Flecker, Alexander S ^a   Taylor, Brad W ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FACILITATION; GROWTH; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; SEDIMENT;

ANCISTRUS; ANCISTRUS TRIRADIATUS; ANURA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CATFISH; LORICARIIDAE; RANA PALMIPES; RANIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4444270352     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CE-03-168R1     Document Type: Article

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