The role of spadefoot toad tadpoles in wetland trophic structure as influenced by environmental and morphological factors

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-59

  Ghioca Robrecht, D M ^a,b   Smith, L M ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Oklahoma State University ^*  (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CARNIVORE; CYANOBACTERIUM; DETRITUS; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LARVA; OMNIVORY; TOAD; TROPHIC STRUCTURE; WETLAND;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ARTHROPODA; BACILLARIOPHYTA; CYANOBACTERIA; INVERTEBRATA; PELOBATIDAE; SPEA; SPEA BOMBIFRONS; SPEA MULTIPLICATA;

EID: 78650534388     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z10-093     Document Type: Article

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