Phenotypic variation in metamorphosis in five anuran species along a gradient of stream influence

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 320, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 645-652

  Morand, Alain ^a   Joly, Pierre ^a   Grolet, Odile ^a  

^a UMR5023 Laboratoire d'Ecologie des Hydrosystèmes Naturels et Anthropisés   (France)

Author keywords

Complex life cycle; Metamorphic strategies; Phenotypic plasticity; Phylogenetic constraints; Unpredictable environment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AGE-AT-METAMORPHOSIS; METAMORPHOSIS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; SIZE-AT-METAMORPHOSIS;

ADAPTATION; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FROG; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LIFE CYCLE; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; TAXONOMY; TEMPERATURE; TOAD;

FRANCE; RHONE VALLEY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BOMBINA VARIEGATA; BUFO BUFO; BUFO CALAMITA; BUFONIDAE; DISCOGLOSSIDAE; RANA DALMATINA; RANA TEMPORARIA; RANIDAE;

EID: 0030664289     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(97)85698-3     Document Type: Article

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