Heat hardening as a function of developmental stage in larval and juvenile Bufo americanus and Xenopus laevis

Journal of Thermal Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 373-380

  Sherman, Elizabeth ^a   Levitis, Daniel ^a  

^a BENNINGTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anuran development; Bufo; CTMax; Heat hardening; Tadpoles; Thermal tolerance; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEATING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; METAMORPHOSIS; NONHUMAN; STRESS; TADPOLE; TOAD; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; BUFO; BUFO AMERICANUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0037788152     PISSN: 03064565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4565(03)00014-7     Document Type: Article

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