Natural selection for environmentally induced phenotypes in tadpoles

Evolution

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1983-1992

  Van Buskirk, Josh ^a,b   McCollum, S Andy ^a   Werner, Earl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Inducible defense; Phenotypic plasticity; Predation; Pseudacris triseriata; Selection; Trade off

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL SELECTION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANAX; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); BOS TAURUS; LIBELLULIDAE; ODONATA; PSEUDACRIS TRISERIATA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0031431833     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1997.tb05119.x     Document Type: Article

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