Antipredator defenses along a latitudinal gradient in Rana temporaria

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1399-1413

  Laurila, Anssi ^a   Lindgren, Beatrice ^a   Laugen, Ane T ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Activity; Amphibians; Growth; Inducible defenses; Latitudinal gradient; Life history; Morphology; Population differentiation; Predation; Rana temporaria

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BREEDING SITE; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FROG; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; MORPHOLOGY; PREDATION;

AESHNA; AMPHIBIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ANURA; RANA TEMPORARIA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FROG; HISTOLOGY; INSECT; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; INSECTS; LARVA; POPULATION DENSITY; RANA TEMPORARIA; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 46749105568     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-1521.1     Document Type: Article

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