Delayed costs of an induced defense in tadpoles? Morphology, hopping, and development rate at metamorphosis

Evolution

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 821-829

  Van Buskirk, Josh ^a   Saxer, Gerda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Induced defense; Metamorphosis; Morphology; Performance; Phenotypic plasticity; Rana; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

RANA RIDIBUNDA;

EID: 0034998594     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2001.tb00817.x     Document Type: Article

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