A comparative analysis of the adaptive developmental plasticity hypothesis in six Mediterranean anuran species along a pond permanency gradient

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1139-1154

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Habitat desiccation; Metamorphosis; Phenotypic plasticity; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

ALYTES OBSTETRICANS; ANURA; BUFO BUFO; HYLA MERIDIONALIS; PELODYTES PUNCTATUS; RANA PEREZI;

EID: 33749331305     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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