Paedomorphosis in Ambystoma talpoideum: Effects of initial body size variation and density

Oecologia

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-94

  Doyle, Jacqueline M ^a,b   Whiteman, Howard H ^a,b  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hancock Biological Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Best of a Bad Lot; Geographic variation; Mesocosm; Metamorphosis; Polyphenism

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BODY SIZE; DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MESOCOSM; METAMORPHOSIS; PEDOMORPHOSIS;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; POPULATION DENSITY;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TALPOIDEUM; METAMORPHA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 42149116300     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-0977-2     Document Type: Article

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