Diet and feeding behaviour of the leaf-litter frog Ischnocnema henselii (Anura: Brachycephalidae) in Araucaria rain forests on the Serra Geral of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 43, Issue 23-24, 2009, Pages 1473-1483

  Dietl, Jörn ^a   Engels, Wolf ^b   Solé, Mirco ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anura; Araucaria forest; Ischnocnema henselii; Southern Brazil; Stomach flushing

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FROG; LEAF LITTER; MONTANE FOREST; PREDATOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAINFOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBTROPICAL REGION;

BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; ANURA; ARANEAE; ARAUCARIA; ARTHROPODA; BRACHYCEPHALIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; ISCHNOCNEMA; ORTHOPTERA;

EID: 70449631642     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930902898709     Document Type: Article

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