Effects of an insecticide on amphibians in large-scale experimental ponds

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 685-691

  Boone, Michelle D ^a,b   Semlitsch, Raymond D ^a   Fairchild, James F ^b   Rothermel, Betsie B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian decline; Anuran; Bufo woodhousii; Carbaryl; Food web; Insecticide; Larval period; Rana sphenocephala; Southern Leopard frog; Woodhouse's toad

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOOD WEB; INSECTICIDE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POND;

ALGAE; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO WOODHOUSII; FELIDAE; PANTHERA PARDUS; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA;

EID: 8144220684     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-5308     Document Type: Article

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