Energetics of metamorphic climax in the southern toad (Bufo terrestris)

Oecologia

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 344-351

  Beck, Christopher W ^a,b,c   Congdon, Justin D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy allocation; Lipids; Metamorphosis; Physiological constraints

Indexed keywords

ENERGETICS; LIPID; METAMORPHISM; TOAD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LIPID METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; TOAD;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; ENERGY METABOLISM; LARVA; LIPID METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO TERRESTRIS; REPTILIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242486607     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-003-1374-5     Document Type: Article

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