Tadpole competition in a desert anuran community |
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Authors: | B D Woodward |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, University of New Mexico, 87131 Albuquerque, NM, USA |
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Abstract: | Summary Five interspecific competition experiments performed in artificial ponds under temporary pond-like conditions established that temporary and permanent pond tadpoles interact. Temporary pond species typically lowered survivorship and reduced progress towards metamorphosis of permanent pond tadpoles. These results suggest that competitive interactions may partially determine the local distribution of tadpoles in the Chihuahuan Desert by preventing some permanent pond anurans from using temporary ponds. Predation by Scaphiopus multiplicatus tadpoles (a temporary pond species) may also prevent permanent pond tadpoles from using temporary ponds. |
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