Frog eat frog: exploring variables influencing anurophagy

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2015

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34609
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Measey, G John
Vimercati, Giovanni
de Villiers, F André
Mokhatla, Mohlamatsane M
Davies, Sarah J
Edwards, Shelley
Altwegg, Res
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PeerJ

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https://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1204
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Centre for Statistics in Ecology, the Environment and Conservation
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Faculty of Science
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Abstract
Background. Frogs are generalist predators of a wide range of typically small prey items. But descriptions of dietary items regularly include other anurans, such that frogs are considered to be among the most important of anuran predators. However, the only existing hypothesis for the inclusion of anurans in the diet of post-metamorphic frogs postulates that it happens more often in bigger frogs. Moreover, this hypothesis has yet to be tested.
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Animal Behavior, Ecology, Zoology, Anura, Cannibalism, Habitat, Invasive, Predation, Size relationships, Anurophagy
Animal Behavior
Anurophagy
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Ecology
Zoology
Anura
Cannibalism
Habitat
Invasive
Predation
Size relationships

Reference:

Measey, G.J., Vimercati, G., de Villiers, F.A., Mokhatla, M.M., Davies, S.J., Edwards, S. & Altwegg, R. 2015. Frog eat frog: exploring variables influencing anurophagy. PeerJ. 3(4):e1204 - 177. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/34609

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