Reproductive trade-offs and bet-hedging in Hyla calypsa, a neotropical treefrog

Oecologia

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 509-518

  Lips, Karen R ^a,b  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bet hedging; Life history; Phenology; Reproduction; Tropics

Indexed keywords

BET-HEDGING; FROG; REPRODUCTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF;

COSTA RICA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; DROSOPHILIDAE; HYLA; HYLA CALYPSA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034876176     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004420100687     Document Type: Article

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