Resourse use and foraging tactics in a south Indian amphibian community
This study looks at resource (trophic, spatial and temporal) use and foraging tactics in a community of eight species of anuran amphibians at a seasonal locality in south India. Within the community, the species are differentiated into a sit-and-wait group, which are large, cryptic and sedenta...
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Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka
1996
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11662/1/Resource%20use.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/11662/ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266222688_Resource_use_and_foraging_tactics_in_a_south_Indian_amphibian_community |
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| Summary: | This study looks at resource (trophic, spatial and temporal) use and foraging tactics in a
community of eight species of anuran amphibians at a seasonal locality in south India.
Within the community, the species are differentiated into a sit-and-wait group, which
are large, cryptic and sedentary foragers showing a relatively wide dietary spectrum;
and a widely foraging group, whose members are aposematically coloured, and actively
forage on a few prey types. However, there are indications that these modes represent ■
two ends of a continuum, with some species showing greater plasticity in prey use than
others. Sympatric species, except dietary specialists, were found to generally overlap
broadly in diet. Microhabitats are partitioned to a greater degree than food, the most
closely related species, which tend to show similar diets, selecting different foraging
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