Gape size influences seasonal patterns of piscivore diets in three Neotropical rivers

Neotropical Ichthyology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 647-655

  Montaña, Carmen G ^a   Layman, Craig A ^b   Winemiller, Kirk O ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Floodplain river; Food web; Optimal foraging theory; Predator prey interaction; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

BOULENGERELLA; CHARACIFORMES; CICHLA; CICHLA ORINOCENSIS; CICHLA TEMENSIS; PERCIFORMES; PISCES; SEMAPROCHILODUS;

EID: 80053162532     PISSN: 16796225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1679-62252011005000028     Document Type: Article

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