Plethodontid salamanders do not conform to "general rules" for ectotherm life histories: Insights from allocation models about why simple models do not make accurate predictions

Oikos

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 398-414

  Bernardo, J ^a   Reagan Wallin, N L ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; LIFE HISTORY; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AMBYSTOMA; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANURA; CAUDATA; DESMOGNATHUS; EURYCEA; PLETHODONTIDAE; PSEUDOTRITON;

EID: 0036066068     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.970310.x     Document Type: Article

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