Foraging under the risk of cannibalism leads to divergence in body size among tiger salamander larvae

Oecologia

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 225-231

  Ziemba, Robert E ^a,b   Myers, Michael T ^a   Collins, James P ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Foraging; Predation; Risk; Size structure

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BODY SIZE; CANNIBALISM; PREDATION RISK;

AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM;

EID: 0033892728     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420050010     Document Type: Article

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