Specialist or generalist? Feeding ecology of the Malagasy poison frog Mantella aurantiaca

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 225-236

  Woodhead, Cindy ^a   Vences, Miguel ^b   Vieites, David R ^c   Gamboni, Ilona ^a   Fisher, Brian L ^d   Griffiths, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Ant feeding; Madagascar; Mantellidae; Prey choice

Indexed keywords

ACARI; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ARTHROPODA; DENDROBATIDAE; FORMICIDAE; MANTELLA AURANTIACA; MANTELLINAE;

EID: 46749089011     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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