Correlated trait response: Comparing amphibian defense strategies across a stress gradient

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-49

  Garcia, T S ^a   Paoletti, D J ^a   Blaustein, A R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; AMPHIBIAN; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL CUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FROG; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA AURORA; RANA CASCADAE; SALAMANDRIDAE; TARICHA GRANULOSA;

EID: 65349118128     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z08-130     Document Type: Article

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