Potential functional redundancy and resource facilitation between tadpoles and insect grazers in tropical headwater streams

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2077-2088

  Colón Gaud, Checo ^a,b,f   Whiles, M R ^a   Brenes, R ^a,c   Kilham, S S ^d   Lips, K R ^a   Pringle, C M ^e   Connelly, S ^e   Peterson, S D ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c Turtle Mountain Community College   (United States)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian declines; Biodiversity; Community structure; Ecosystem function; Productionm

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMPHIBIA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 77955573165     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: 13652427     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2427.2010.02464.x     Document Type: Article

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