Predator-induced life-history plasticity under time constraints in pool frogs

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 2542-2551

  Altwegg, Res ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anax imperator; Anura; Complex life cycles; Life history; Metamorphosis; Phenotypic plasticity; Pond drying; Rana lessonae; Seasonality; Terrestrial juvenile frog; Time constraints

Indexed keywords

FROG; LIFE CYCLE; LIFE HISTORY; METAMORPHOSIS; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; POND; PREDATION; SEASONALITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANAX IMPERATOR; ANURA; RANA LESSONAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 0037550275     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2542:PILHPU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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