Talk to Ronn Altig at Mississippi State, Wassersug at Dalhousie U, and = McDiarmid at the Smithsonian. All Big time tadpole guys. Also, check = out their book on Tadpoles, its a monster and packed with every kind of = tadpole info you might want! =20 =20 VISIT THE JOURNAL HERPETOLOGICAL CONSERVATION AND BIOLOGY = www.herpconbio.org <http://www.herpconbio.org>=20 =20 Malcolm L. McCallum Assistant Professor Department of Biological Sciences Texas A&M University Texarkana 2600 Robison Rd. Texarkana, TX 75501 O: 1-903-223-3134 H: 1-903-791-3843 Homepage: https://www.eagle.tamut.edu/faculty/mmccallum/index.html =20
________________________________ From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news on behalf of = Torrence, Shannon Sent: Sun 5/21/2006 12:01 PM To: ECOLOG-L@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU Subject: Tadpole functional groups? Dear All, =3D20 I am doing a food web study, and am interested in categorizing invertebrates and tadpoles into functional groups. While there are good sources for invertebrates, I am having trouble finding functional group data for tadpoles. I realize most are HERBIVORES, but I am interested in whether there is summary data on what species are SCRAPERS (eat periphyton), FILTERERS (eat phytoplankton) and DETRITIVORES. If anyone can provide information and sources for this, I would greatly appreciate it. =3D20 Species of interest: =3D20 Spea spp. (will categorize as either detritivores or omnivores - I had no carnivorous phenotypes) Bufo cognatus (yes, I know the genus name has changed) Pseudacris clarkii Gastrophryne olivacea =3D20 Thank you, =3D20 Shannon Torrence PhD candidate Dept. of Range, Wildlife, and Fisheries Texas Tech University Mail Stop 2125 Lubbock, TX 79409 (806) 742-2934 work (806) 742-2280 fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.rw.ttu.edu/torrence =3D20 =3D20
