Developmental window of response to predator chemical cues in rough-skinned newt embryos

Functional Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 880-885

  Lehman, E M ^a   Campbell, C D ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical defence; Developmental plasticity; Developmental window; Induced response; Taricha granulosa

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CADDISFLY; CHEMICAL CUE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; EGG; LARVA; PHENOLOGY; PREDATION; PREDATOR;

SALAMANDRIDAE; TARICHA; TARICHA GRANULOSA; TRICHOPTERA;

EID: 34548383078     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2007.01296.x     Document Type: Article

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