Tactical reproductive parasitism via larval cannibalism in Peruvian poison frogs

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 148-151

  Brown, Jason L ^a   Morales, Victor ^b   Summers, Kyle ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD RICARDO PALMA   (Peru)

Author keywords

Anuran; Dendrobates; Deposition strategies; Egg cannibalism; Ranitomeya; Reproductive parasitism

Indexed keywords

CANNIBALISM; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FROG; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LARVA; OVIPOSITION; PARASITISM; POOL;

ARTICLE; CANNIBALISM; EGG LAYING; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FROG; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LARVA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAEDOGENESIS; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TADPOLE; ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETICS; PERU; REPRODUCTION;

AMPHIBIA; DENDROBATES; DENDROBATES VENTRIMACULATUS; DENDROBATIDAE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; CANNIBALISM; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; MALE; PERU; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 65349162155     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0591     Document Type: Article

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