Tadpole diet selection varies with the ecological context in predictable ways

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 464-474

  Richter Boix, Alex ^a   Llorente, Gustavo A ^a   Montori, Albert ^a   Garcia, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anuran larvae; Food selection; Larval growth; Life history; Phenotypic plasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547553095     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2006.09.009     Document Type: Article

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