Effects of behavioral and morphological plasticity on risk of predation in a Neotropical tadpole

Oecologia

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 130-138

  McIntyre, Peter B ^a   Baldwin, Sandra ^b   Flecker, Alexander S ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anuran; Belostoma; Phenotypic plasticity; Pigmentation; Rana palmipes

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CHEMICAL CUE; FROG; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FROG; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HETEROPTERA; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PREDATION; RISK FACTOR; TAIL; VENEZUELA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CUES; HETEROPTERA; LARVA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENTATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RANIDAE; RISK FACTORS; TAIL; VENEZUELA;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BELOSTOMA; RANA PALMIPES;

EID: 4944255815     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1652-x     Document Type: Article

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