Differentiated phenotypic plasticity in larvae of the cannibalistic salamander Hynobius retardatus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-211

  Michimae, Hirofumi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Broad headed morph; Cannibalistic polyphenism; Phenotypic plasticity; Reaction norm; Salamander

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CANNIBALISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MORPHOLOGY; OVERCROWDING; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY;

ANURA; HYNOBIUS RETARDATUS; RANA PIRICA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 33744942923     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0157-x     Document Type: Article

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