What controls tadpole richness and guild composition in ponds in subtropical grasslands?

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 530-536

  Both, Camila ^a,b,c   Cechin, Sonia Zanini ^d   Melo, Adriano S ^a,e   Hartz, Sandra M ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Av Ipiranga ^*  (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anuran larvae; Community structure; Environmental gradient; Guild

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AMPHIBIAN; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EPHEMERAL POOL; GRASSLAND; GUILD STRUCTURE; LARVA; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PREDATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; WATER DEPTH;

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EID: 79960781569     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02183.x     Document Type: Article

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