Juvenile frogs compensate for small metamorph size with terrestrial growth: Overcoming the effects of larval density and insecticide exposure

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 416-423

  Boone, Michelle D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^c MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; BUFO WOODHOUSII; FELIDAE; RANA BLAIRI; RANA CLAMITANS; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA; RANIDAE;

EID: 25844527217     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/187-04A.1     Document Type: Article

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