Predator-mediated selection on burst swimming performance in tadpoles of the pacific tree frog, Pseudacris regilla

Physiological Zoology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 154-167

  Watkins, Timothy B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSEUDACRIS REGILLA; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS;

PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; TADPOLE;

EID: 0029661598     PISSN: 0031935X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/physzool.69.1.30164205     Document Type: Article

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