Novel features of an inducible defense system in larval tree frogs (Hyla chrysoscelis)

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 780-787

  Richardson, Jonathan L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Alarm signals; Anax; Anuran; Hyla; Inducible defense; Interspecific communication; Metabolites; Phenotypic plasticity; Plasticity response gradient; Predator avoidance

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FROG; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LARVA; METABOLITE; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COLOR; FOOD CHAIN; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PREDATION; TAIL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANURA; COLOR; CUES; FOOD CHAIN; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; TAIL;

ANAX; ANAX JUNIUS; ANURA; HYLA; HYLA CHRYSOSCELIS; HYLIDAE; PSEUDACRIS CRUCIFER;

EID: 33646153777     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-0536     Document Type: Article

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