Feeding ecology of polymorphic larval barred tiger salamanders in playas of the Southern Great Plains

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 554-563

  Ghioca Robrecht, D M ^a,b   Smith, L M ^a,c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEAN; CYPRINID; DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD WEB; INSECT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORPHOLOGY; PLAYA; POLYMORPHISM; PREY AVAILABILITY; STOMACH CONTENT;

GREAT PLAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM MAVORTIUM; ANOSTRACA; CORIXIDAE; CYPRIDIDAE; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); INVERTEBRATA; NOTOSTRACA; OSTRACODA; SALAMANDROIDEA; STREPTOCEPHALIDAE; TRIOPSIDAE;

EID: 46749084757     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z08-027     Document Type: Article

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