Thermally contingent plasticity: Temperature alters expression of predator-induced colour and morphology in a Neotropical treefrog tadpole

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 79-88

  Touchon, Justin Charles ^a,b   Warkentin, Karen Michelle ^a,b  

^a USA   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Abiotic biotic interaction; Adaptive plasticity; Anura; Complex life cycle; Hyla ebraccata; Interaction modification

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLOR MORPH; CONSPECIFIC; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FROG; GROWTH RATE; LIFE CYCLE; NEOTROPICAL REGION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LARVA; RANIDAE; TEMPERATURE;

ANURA; BELOSTOMA; HYLA EBRACCATA;

EID: 78650003051     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2010.01765.x     Document Type: Article

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