Interactions between recently metamorphosed green frogs and American toads under laboratory conditions

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 163, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 269-279

  Sams, Erin ^a   Boone, Michelle D ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HIRAM COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FROG; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LABORATORY METHOD; LIFE CYCLE; METAMORPHOSIS; SURVIVAL; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; TOAD;

ANURA; BUFO AMERICANUS; RANA CLAMITANS;

EID: 77949532876     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-163.2.269     Document Type: Article

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