Effects of head shape variation on growth, metamorphosis and survivorship in larval salamanders (Hynobius retardatus)

Ecological Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-83

  Kohmatsu, Yukihiro ^a   Nakano, Shigeru ^a   Yamamura, Norio ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cannibalism; Cannibalistic morph; Density effect; Growth rate; Head width; Hynobius retardatus metamorphosis; Salamander

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CANNIBALISM; GROWTH RATE; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; SURVIVORSHIP;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; HYNOBIUS; HYNOBIUS RETARDATUS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035719112     PISSN: 09123814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1703.2001.00373.x     Document Type: Article

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