Predators and invasive plants affect performance of amphibian larvae

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 735-739

  Watling, James I ^a,b   Hickman, Caleb R ^a   Orrock, John L ^a,c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMICAL ALTERATION; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FROG; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SHRUB; SURVIVAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO AMERICANUS; INVERTEBRATA; LONICERA; LONICERA MAACKII;

EID: 79955013448     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.19255.x     Document Type: Article

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