Compensatory larval responses shift trade-offs associated with predator-induced hatching plasticity

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1580-1591

  Vonesh, James R ^a,b   Bolker, Benjamin M ^a  

^a 223 Bartram Hall ^*  (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory growth; Density mediated indirect interaction (DMII); Functional response; Hatching plasticity; Hyperolius spinigularis; Multiple predators; Phenotypic plasticity; Size selective predation; Trait mediated indirect interaction (TMII)

Indexed keywords

FROG; GROWTH; HATCHING; METAMORPHOSIS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TRADE-OFF;

ANURA; HYPEROLIUS; HYPEROLIUS SPINIGULARIS; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 17044393291     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-0535     Document Type: Article

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