Plasticity or fixed adaptive traits? Strategies for predation avoidance in Rana arvalis tadpoles

Oecologia

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 119-126

  Lardner, Björn ^a  

^a Ecology Building   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Amphibians; Life history; Plasticity; Predation

Indexed keywords

FROG; GROWTH RESPONSE; METAMORPHOSIS; PREDATION RISK;

EID: 0032405661     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050639     Document Type: Article

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