Poor Nutritional Conditions During the Early Larval Stage Reduce Risk-Taking Activities of Fire Salamander Larvae (Salamandra salamandra)

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 416-421

  Krause, E Tobias ^a   Steinfartz, Sebastian ^a   Caspers, Barbara A ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE RADIATION; ADULT; AMPHIBIAN; BODY CONDITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FITNESS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY; METAMORPHOSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL;

AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDRA; SALAMANDRA SALAMANDRA; SALAMANDROIDEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79953709128     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01886.x     Document Type: Article

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