Morphological plasticity in four larval anurans distributed along an environmental gradient

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2000, Pages 178-190

  Relyea, Rick A ^a,b   Werner, Earl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FROG; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ANAX; ODONATA; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANA CLAMITANS; RANA PIPIENS; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 0033963251     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2000)2000[0178:MPIFLA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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