Seasonal variation of tadpole spatial niches in permanent streams: The roles of predation risk and microhabitat availability

Austral Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 879-887

  Eterovick, Paula C ^a   Lazarotti, Isabela ^a   Franco, Bruna P ^a   Dias, Camila J ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anura; Microhabitat choice; Niche breadth; Niche overlap; Seasonal change; Tadpole

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT USE; METAMORPHOSIS; MICROHABITAT; NICHE BREADTH; NICHE OVERLAP; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK; SEASONAL VARIATION; STREAMWATER; TOAD;

BRAZIL;

ANURA; HYLIDAE;

EID: 77956487209     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.02094.x     Document Type: Article

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