Variability in survival, growth and metamorphosis in the larval fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra): Effects of larval birth size, sibship and environment

Herpetologica

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 232-245

  Alcobendas, Marina ^a   Buckley, David ^a   Tejedo, Miguel ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Maternal effects; Metamorphosis; Plasticity; Salamandra salamandra; Sibship variation; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; GROWTH; MATERNAL EFFECT; METAMORPHOSIS; SURVIVAL;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; REPTILIA; SALAMANDRA SALAMANDRA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2442526612     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/03-55     Document Type: Article

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