Searching for the physiological mechanism of density dependence: Does corticosterone regulate tadpole responses to density?

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 444-451

  Belden, Lisa K ^a,b,c   Rubbo, Michael J ^a   Wingfield, John C ^b   Kiesecker, Joseph M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; FRESH WATER;

FROG; GROWTH; HORMONE; MESOCOSM; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DENSITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FROG; LARVA; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CORTICOSTERONE; FRESH WATER; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANIDAE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 34250800500     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/518375     Document Type: Article

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