Egg-killing fungus induces early hatching of red-eyed treefrog eggs

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2860-2869

  Warkentin, Karen M ^a   Currie, Cameron R ^a,b   Rehner, Stephen A ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Agalychnis callidryas; Anuran; Dothideales; Fungal infection; Ontogenetic niche shift; Panama; Pathogen; Phaeosphaeriaceae; Phenotypic plasticity; Red eyed treefrog; Tadpole; Timing of hatching

Indexed keywords

EMBRYO; FROG; FUNGAL DISEASE; HATCHING DATE; PATHOGEN; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

AGALYCHNIS CALLIDRYAS; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ASCOMYCOTA; DOTHIDEALES; FUNGI; HYLA; PHAEOSPHAERIACEAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 0034765413     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[2860:EKFIEH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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