Stress hormones and the fitness consequences associated with the transition to a novel diet in larval amphibians

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3743-3750

  Ledón Rettig, Cris C ^a   Pfennig, David W ^a   Crespi, Erica J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anuran larvae; Corticosterone; Food restriction; Novelty; Predation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; HORMONE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANOSTRACA; ARTICLE; DIET; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETIC SELECTION; LARVA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RANDOMIZATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; ANOSTRACA; ANURA; CORTICOSTERONE; DIET; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HORMONES; LARVA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SELECTION, GENETIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANOSTRACA; ANURA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PELOBATIDAE; SCAPHIOPUS; SPEA;

EID: 70450078080     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.034066     Document Type: Article

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