Coevolution of developmental plasticity and large egg size in Crinia georgiana tadpoles

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 2002, Pages 928-937

  Doughty, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; EGG SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FROG; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ANURA; CRINIA; CRINIA GEORGIANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037207144     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2002)002[0928:CODPAL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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