A tadpole-induced polyphenism in the salamander hynobius retardatus

Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2029-2038

  Michimae, Hirofumi ^a   Wakahara, Masami ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Broad headed morph; Cannibalistic polyphenism; Competition; Phenotypic plasticity; Salamanders; Tadpoles; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BODY SIZE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; HYNOBIUS; HYNOBIUS RETARDATUS; RANA PIRICA;

EID: 0036807824     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb00129.x     Document Type: Article

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