Trophic dynamics of three sympatric anuran species in a soybean agroecosystem from Santa Fe Province, Argentina

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 261-269

  Peltzer, Paola M ^a   Attademo, Andrés M ^a,b   Lajmanovich, Rafael C ^a   Junges, Celina M ^a   Beltzer, Adolfo H ^b,c   Sanchez, Laura C ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE ENTRE RÍOS   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE LIMNOLOGÍA CONICET UNL   (Argentina)

^d Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción CICYTTP CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Diet; Odontophrynus americanus; Physalaemus albonotatus; Rhinella fernandezae; Trophic niche

Indexed keywords

ANURA; COLLEMBOLA; GASTROPODA; GLYCINE MAX; ISOPODA; ODONTOPHRYNUS AMERICANUS; PHYSALAEMUS ALBONOTATUS;

EID: 79952351049     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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