Effects of phenotypic plasticity on post-metamorphic traits during pre-metamorphic stages in the anuran Pelodytes punctatus

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 309-320

  Richter Boix, Alex ^a   Llorente, Gustavo A ^a   Montori, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Habitat desiccation; Metamorphosis; Morphology; Phenotypic plasticity; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

PELODYTES PUNCTATUS;

EID: 33645866487     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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