Plastic response to pond drying in tadpoles Rana temporaria: Tests of cost models

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-194

  Loman, Jon ^a   Claesson, Didrik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Anuran; Hydroperiod; Metamorphosis; Microevolution; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANURA; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 0141801171     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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