Ontogeny of escape swimming performance in the spotted salamander

Functional Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 576-587

  Landberg, Tobias ^a   Azizi, Emanuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibian development; Anti predator defence mechanism; Aquatic locomotion; Hatching; Life history evolution; Metamorphosis; Ontogenetic niche shift

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BODY SIZE; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; EPHEMERAL POOL; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FROG; HATCHING; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY THEORY; METAMORPHOSIS; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 77955202428     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2009.01662.x     Document Type: Article

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