A trophic polymorphism induced by both predators and prey

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1301-1309

  Schmidt, B R ^a,b   Ramer, N ^a,c   Van Buskirk, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KARCH Switzerland   (Switzerland)

^c Praktischer Umweltschutz Schweiz   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Inducible defence; Morphology; Phenotypic plasticity; Prey size; Resource polymorphism; Triturus

Indexed keywords

SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS; TRITURUS ALPESTRIS;

EID: 33845256442     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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