Effects of potential predator and competitor cues and sibship on wood frog (Rana sylvatica) embryos

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 294-298

  Dibble, Christopher J ^a   Kauffman, Jamie E ^a   Zuzik, Evan M ^a   Smith, Geoffrey R ^a   Rettig, Jessica E ^a  

^a DENISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Egg Predator; Hatchling mass; Plasticity; Rana sylvatica; Sibships; Tadpole Predator; Time to hatching

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ECOSYSTEM; CHEMICAL CUE; EGG DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FROG; GENETIC ANALYSIS; PARENTAL CARE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ANURA; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; RANA SP.; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 66849088824     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853809788201144     Document Type: Article

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