Predation on frogs by the introduced crab Dilocarcinus pagei Stimpson, 1861 (Decapoda, Trichodactylidae) on a Neotropical floodplain

Crustaceana

Volumn 84, Issue 12-13, 2011, Pages 1653-1657

  Affonso, Igor De P ^a   Signorelli, Luciana ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRAB; FLOODPLAIN; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FROG; INTRODUCED SPECIES; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

EID: 83455198299     PISSN: 0011216X     EISSN: 15685403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156854011X605701     Document Type: Article

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