Metamorphic duration: An under-studied variable in frog life histories

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 261-272

  Downie, J R ^a   Bryce, Rosalind ^a   Smith, Joanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphibian tadpoles; Anurans; Life history analysis; Metamorphosis

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; FROG; LIFE HISTORY; METAMORPHOSIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; NEOPLEA;

EID: 6344282799     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2004.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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