Diet of invasive clawed frog Xenopus laevis at Lage stream (Oeiras, W Portugal)

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 187-190

  Amaral, Patrícia ^a   Rebelo, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Invasive species; Mediterranean climate type region; Trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865033463     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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