Hatching asynchrony, survival, and the fitness of alternative adult morphs in Ambystoma talpoideum

Oecologia

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 46-51

  Ryan, Travis J ^a,b   Plague, Gordon R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Intraspecific priority effects; Life cycle polymorphism; Metamorphosis; Paedomorphosis

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MATURITY; AMPHIBIAN; FITNESS; HATCHING; LIFE CYCLE; SURVIVAL; SYNCHRONY;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METAMORPHOSIS;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; BREEDING; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TALPOIDEUM; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA;

EID: 3142635155     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1563-x     Document Type: Article

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