Effects of individual variation in size on growth and development of larval salamanders

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1483-1492

  Brunkow, Paul E ^a   Collins, James P ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma tigrinum; Individual variation; Larval; Metamorphosis; Population structure; Salamander

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; METAMORPHOSIS; SURVIVORSHIP; TIGER SALAMANDER;

USA, ARIZONA;

AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM NEBULOSUM;

EID: 0030440773     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265545     Document Type: Article

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