The lasting effects of adaptive plasticity: Predator-induced tadpoles become long-legged frogs

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1947-1955

  Relyea, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anura; Development; Heterochrony; Metamorph; Morphology; Ontogeny; Phenotypic plasticity; Predator; Rana sylvatica; Tadpole; Wood frog

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLASTICITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

AESHNIDAE; AMPHIBIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ANURA; RANA SYLVATICA; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034925991     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[1947:TLEOAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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