Water turbidity affects the development of sexual morphology in the palmate newt

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 711-720

  Secondi, Jean ^a,d   Aumjaud, Aarélien ^a,b   Pays, Olivier ^a   Boyer, Stéphanie ^a   Montembault, David ^b   Violleau, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^b Institut National d'Horticulture   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^d PPR Group   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BODY SIZE; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL; TURBIDITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS HELVETICUS;

EID: 34347250812     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01375.x     Document Type: Article

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