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Diet of tadpoles at three localities in Sarawak

A study on Bomean tadpoles was conducted on fieldworks basis from August 2004 to October 2004. The tadpole collection was done from three collection sites; two were from forested area, namely Gunung Gading National Park and Kubah National Park. The other site was at a human settlement area; Desa Ilm...

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Main Author: James Tinggom., Sandra
Format: Final Year Project Report
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2005
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QL Zoology
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spelling my.unimas.ir.202322023-07-06T08:36:01Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/20232/ Diet of tadpoles at three localities in Sarawak James Tinggom., Sandra QL Zoology A study on Bomean tadpoles was conducted on fieldworks basis from August 2004 to October 2004. The tadpole collection was done from three collection sites; two were from forested area, namely Gunung Gading National Park and Kubah National Park. The other site was at a human settlement area; Desa Ilmu, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak. Five representative families of tadpoles, Megophryidae, Bufonidae, Microhylidae, Ranidae and Rhacophoridae were collected during this sampling period. The contents of the gut of tadpole identified showed that there was a major overlap of ingested food and blue-green algae were ingested, the most (42%). Resource partitioning were practiced by tadpoles and diet composition was affected by feeding strategies, mouth parts, stages of organisms and the type of environment the organism lives in. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2005 Final Year Project Report NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/20232/8/Diet%20of%20tadpoles%20at%20three%20localities%20in%20Sarawak%20%28fulltext%29.pdf James Tinggom., Sandra (2005) Diet of tadpoles at three localities in Sarawak. [Final Year Project Report] (Unpublished)
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James Tinggom., Sandra
Diet of tadpoles at three localities in Sarawak
description A study on Bomean tadpoles was conducted on fieldworks basis from August 2004 to October 2004. The tadpole collection was done from three collection sites; two were from forested area, namely Gunung Gading National Park and Kubah National Park. The other site was at a human settlement area; Desa Ilmu, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak. Five representative families of tadpoles, Megophryidae, Bufonidae, Microhylidae, Ranidae and Rhacophoridae were collected during this sampling period. The contents of the gut of tadpole identified showed that there was a major overlap of ingested food and blue-green algae were ingested, the most (42%). Resource partitioning were practiced by tadpoles and diet composition was affected by feeding strategies, mouth parts, stages of organisms and the type of environment the organism lives in.
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author James Tinggom., Sandra
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title Diet of tadpoles at three localities in Sarawak
title_short Diet of tadpoles at three localities in Sarawak
title_full Diet of tadpoles at three localities in Sarawak
title_fullStr Diet of tadpoles at three localities in Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed Diet of tadpoles at three localities in Sarawak
title_sort diet of tadpoles at three localities in sarawak
publisher Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS)
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