Developmental responses to UV-B radiation in common frog Rana temporaria embryos from along an altitudinal gradient

Population Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-130

  Marquis, Olivier ^a   Miaud, Claude ^a   Lena, Jean Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Altitude; Amphibian; Embryos; Local adaptation; UV exposure

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; FROG; HATCHING; HERITABILITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LABORATORY METHOD; LOCAL ADAPTATION; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TOLERANCE; TRADE-OFF; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 41049099523     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-007-0071-3     Document Type: Article

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