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gastric-lavage (Ambystomatidae)
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Description
Modified gastric-lavage technique to obtain stomach contents for prey identification, enumeration, and biomass/caloric calculations using published conversion factors.
Typical Equipment
- gastric-lavage equipment
- dissecting microscope
Output Measurements
- prey taxonomic composition
- prey biomass
- caloric content
Papers Using This Protocol (6)
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Neighborhood Influence on Plant Interactions with Seed-Eating Flies and Pollinating Bees
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Foraging tactics in alternative heterochronic salamander morphs: trophic quality of ponds matters more than water permanency
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Temporal shift of diet in alternative cannibalistic morphs of the tiger salamander
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Growth and foraging consequences of facultative paedomorphosis in the tiger salamander, <i>Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum</i>
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Seasonal movement patterns in a subalpine population of the tiger salamander, <i>Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum</i>
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