Adaptive plasticity in stressful environments: Acidity constrains inducible defences in Rana arvalis

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 447-458

  Teplitsky, Celine ^a,b   Räsänen, Katja ^a,c   Laurila, Anssi ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acidification; Adaptive plasticity; Amphibians; Inducible defences; Multiple stressors; Stress tolerance

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ANURA; HEXAPODA; RANA ARVALIS;

EID: 34248197968     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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