Growth and foraging consequences of facultative paedomorphosis in the tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 433-446

  Whiteman, Howard H ^a,c,d   Wissinger, Scott A ^b,c   Brown, Wendy S ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

alternative evolutionary mechanisms; Ambystoma; dietary analyses; facultative paedomorphosis; growth rate; phenotypic plasticity; polymorphism; salamanders

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM NEBULOSUM;

FORAGING ECOLOGY; GROWTH; PAEDOMORPHOSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM; TIGER SALAMANDER;

EID: 0029659643     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01237728     Document Type: Article

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