Kin-mediated morphogenesis in facultatively cannibalistic tadpoles

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1993-1999

  Pfennig, David W ^a   Frankino, W Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Context dependent morphogenesis; Kin recognition; Kin selection; Polyphenism

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; CONSANGUINITY; KINSHIP ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOGENESIS; TADPOLE;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; PELOBATIDAE; SPEA BOMBIFRONS; SPEA MULTIPLICATA;

EID: 0031408964     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb05120.x     Document Type: Article

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