Small fish (Leucaspius delineatus) that are often released into garden ponds and amphibian breeding sites prey on eggs and tadpoles of the common frog (Rana temporaria)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 290-293

  Leu, Thomas ^a   Lüscher, Beatrice ^b   Zumbach, Silvia ^a   Schmidt, Benedikt R ^a,c  

^a Karch ^*  (Switzerland)

^b NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM DER BURGERGEMEINDE BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FISH; FROG; LABORATORY METHOD; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATION RISK; PREY PREFERENCE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CYPRINIDAE; LEUCASPIUS DELINEATUS; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 70149116133     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853809788201153     Document Type: Article

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