Assimilation efficiency in Bufo spinulosus tadpoles (Anura: Bufonidae): effects of temperature, diet quality and geographic origin Eficiencia de asimilación en larvas de Bufo spinulosus (Anura: Bufonidae): efecto de la temperatura, calidad de dieta y origen geográfico

The assimilation efficiency of Bufo spinulosus tadpoles from four localities in Chile was evaluated for two different temperatures (15 and 25 ºC) and two different diets (low nutritional quality diet (LQD): 22.28 mg g N-1; high nutritional quality diet (HQD): 47.53 mg g N-1) using ash as a marker of...

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Main Authors: A. GONZALO BENAVIDES, ALBERTO VELOSO, PAULINA JIMÉNEZ, MARCO A. MÉNDEZ
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-06-01
Series:Revista Chilena de Historia Natural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-078X2005000200013

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