Amphibian embryo and parental defenses and a larval predator reduce egg mortality from water mold

Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2570-2581

  Gomez Mestre, Ivan ^a   Touchon, Justin C ^a   Warkentin, Karen M ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma; Bufo; Hatching; Inducible defenses; Oomycete; Pathogens; Phenotypic plasticity; Predation; Rana; Saprolegnia; Vernal pools; Water mold

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; EGG PREDATION; EMBRYO; FUNGUS; HATCHING; MORTALITY RISK; PARENTAL CARE;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ARTICLE; FROG; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFECTION; LARVA; MICROBIOLOGY; OOMYCETES; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; TEMPERATURE; TOAD; WETLAND;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; INFECTION; LARVA; OOMYCETES; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RANIDAE; TEMPERATURE; WETLANDS;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; BUFO AMERICANUS; INVERTEBRATA; LEPTOMITALES; OOMYCETES; RANA SYLVATICA; SALAMANDROIDEA; SAPROLEGNIA;

EID: 33845367645     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: 00129658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2006)87[2570:AEAPDA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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