Developmental dynamics of Ambystoma tigrinum in a changing landscape

BMC Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  McMenamin, Sarah K ^a,b   Hadly, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM MELANOSTICTUM; AMBYSTOMATIDAE; AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

FRESH WATER;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77950544528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-10-10     Document Type: Article

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