Proximate causes of cannibalistic polyphenism in larval tiger salamanders

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 1076-1080

  Hoffman, Eric A ^a,b   Pfennig, David W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma tigrinum; Cannibalistic polyphenism; Phenotypic plasticity; Salamander, eastern tiger; Trophic polyphenism

Indexed keywords

AGE; CANNIBALISM; DENSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; INVERTEBRATA; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 0032920772     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1076:PCOCPI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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