Short- and long-term consequences of thermal variation in the larval environment of anurans

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 686-692

  Niehaus, Amanda C ^a   Wilson, Robbie S ^a   Franklin, Craig E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; Metamorphic; Performance; Plasticity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TEMPERATURE;

ADAPTATION; AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANURA; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUEENSLAND; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; LIMNODYNASTES PERONII; RANA RIDIBUNDA;

EID: 33646595958     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01089.x     Document Type: Article

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