Competitor-induced plasticity in tadpoles: Consequences, cues, and connections to predator-induced plasticity

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 523-540

  Relyea, Rick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive plasticity; Anura; Behavior; Competition; Cues; Morphology; Phenotypic plasticity; Pseudacris triseriata; Rana pipiens; Rana sylvatica; Tadpole

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COMPETITIVE ABILITY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATOR; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; PSEUDACRIS TRISERIATA; RANA PIPIENS; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 0036878218     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2002)072[0523:CIPITC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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