Carnivory and resource-based niche differentiation in anuran larvae: Implications for food web and experimental ecology

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 572-586

  Schiesari, Luis ^a,b   Werner, Earl E ^a   Kling, George W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anuran larvae; Feeding ecology; Food web; Stable isotopes; Wetland

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; LITHOBATES; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANIDAE;

EID: 60349125284     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2008.02134.x     Document Type: Article

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