Variation in cannibalistic polyphenism between populations in the salamander Hynobius retardatus

Zoological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 703-707

  Michimae, Hirofumi ^a   Wakahara, Masami ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cannibal morph; Phenotypic plasticity; Polyphenism; Salamander

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CANNIBALISM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENETIC SELECTION; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; CANNIBALISM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; LARVA; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SELECTION (GENETICS); URODELA;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; HYNOBIUS; HYNOBIUS RETARDATUS;

EID: 0036618962     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.19.703     Document Type: Article

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