Browsing by Subject "Tadpole"
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Breeding biology and ecological niche of the Knysna leaf-folding frog (Afrixalus knysnae)
(North-West University (South Africa), 2019)Amphibians as a vertebrate class are under tremendous extinction risk. At the time of finalising this document, 41% of all amphibians worldwide face this prospect (IUCN, 2018). CHAPTER ONE discusses these threats and ... -
Ecomorphological guilds and diet of exotrophic anuran tadpoles
(North-West University (South Africa), 2014)To test the applicability of anuran tadpole functional ecology with regards to diet as a tool to determine ecosystem function of aquatic habitats, all the presently known as southern Africa anuran species’ tadpoles were ... -
Influence of the invasive fish, Gambusia affinis, on amphibians in the Western Cape
(North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2018)The worldwide dispersal and establishment of invasive fish is partly responsible for the global decline in amphibian species. Unfortunately, this is a significant problem in the Western Cape in South Africa, as the region ...
