Interactions between tadpoles of Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea and Striped Marsh Frog Limnodynastes peronii

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 570-576

  Pyke, Graham H ^a   Rowley, Jodi J L ^a,b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Conservation International Indo Burma ^*  (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Australian frogs; Interspecific competition; Limnodynastes peronii; Litoria aurea; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; FROG; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; SURVIVAL;

ANURA; LIMNODYNASTES PERONII; LITORIA AUREA; MYOBATRACHIDAE;

EID: 64549112650     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.2008.035     Document Type: Article

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