The effects of kinship on interactions between tadpoles of Rana cascadae

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1722-1735

  Hokit, D Grant ^a,b   Blaustein, Andrew R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARROLL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anuran; Competition; Growth and development; Kinship; Ontogeny; Rana cascadae; Size structure; Tadpole behavior

Indexed keywords

ANURA; RANA CASCADAE;

AGGREGATION; CASCADES FROG; GROWTH; KINSHIP; SIZE STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030613584     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1722:teokoi]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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