A trade-off between prey- and predator-induced polyphenisms in larvae of the salamander Hynobius retardatus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 699-704

  Michimae, Hirofumi ^a   Hangui, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Broad headed morph; Phenotypic plasticity; Predator; Prey; Salamander

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMPHIBIAN; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CONSPECIFIC; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTION; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK; SIGNAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYNOBIUS; HYNOBIUS RETARDATUS; RANA PIRICA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 38849178861     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0494-z     Document Type: Article

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