Starting size and tadpole performance in the frog Rana latastei

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 284, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-20

  Ficetola, G F ^a,b   Visaggi, B ^b,c   Bonardi, A ^a   Padoa Schioppa, E ^a   De Bernardi, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c Istituto Oikos ONLUS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Anurans; Development rate; Egg provisioning; Food quality; Maternal effect; Starting body size

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BODY SIZE; CAPTIVE BREEDING; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG DEVELOPMENT; FOOD PROVISIONING; FOOD QUALITY; FROG; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MATERNAL EFFECT; METAMORPHOSIS; PROTEIN;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA DALMATINA; RANA LATASTEI;

EID: 79955154082     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00770.x     Document Type: Article

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