Adaptive plasticity in amphibian metamorphosis: Response of Scaphiopus hammondii tadpoles to habitat desiccation

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1859-1872

  Denver, Robert J ^a   Mirhadi, Nooshan ^b   Phillips, Marnie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Desert amphibians; Desert species; Developmental plasticity; Environmental variation; Habitat desiccation; Metamorphosis; Phenotypic plasticity; Western spadefoot toad

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DESICCATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; METAMORPHOSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

SCAPHIOPUS HAMMONDII;

EID: 0031680314     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1859:apiamr]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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