Opposite shifts in size at metamorphosis in response to larval and metamorph predators

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 556-562

  Vonesh, James R ^a,b   Warkentin, Karen M ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex life cycles; Habitat shifts; Induced defenses; Leaf breeding treefrogs; Life history; Metamorphosis; Multiple predator effects; Ontogenetic shift; Phenotypic plasticity; Predation risk; Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; LIFE HISTORY; METAMORPHOSIS; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RISK;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BODY SIZE; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RISK;

AGALYCHNIS CALLIDRYAS; AMPHIBIA; ARANEAE; HYLA;

EID: 33646163245     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/05-0930     Document Type: Article

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