Reduced predator species richness drives the body gigantism of a frog species on the Zhoushan Archipelago in China

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 171-182

  Li, Yiming ^a   Xu, Feng ^a,b   Guo, Zhongwei ^a   Liu, Xuan ^a,b   Jin, Changnan ^a,b   Wang, Yanping ^a,b,c   Wang, Supen ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Age structure; Insular body size; Insular population; Number of predator species; Sexual size dimorphism

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FROG; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PREY SIZE; RAPTOR; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; RICE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; CHINA; FEMALE; FROG; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BODY SIZE; CHINA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RANIDAE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

CHINA; ZHEJIANG; ZHOUSHAN;

ANURA; FEJERVARYA LIMNOCHARIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78650036207     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01746.x     Document Type: Article

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