The relationship between wetland hydroperiod and nestedness patterns in assemblages of larval amphibians and predatory macroinvertebrates

Oikos

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 16-27

  Baber, Matthew J ^a   Fleishman, Erica ^b   Babbitt, Kimberly J ^a   Tarr, Tracy L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NH Soil Consultants Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; LARVA; NESTEDNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; WETLAND;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANURA; CAUDATA; PISCES; RANA SYLVATICA; REPTILIA;

EID: 5344266053     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.12968.x     Document Type: Article

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