Larval growth in polyphenic salamanders: Making the best of a bad lot

Oecologia

Volumn 168, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 109-118

  Whiteman, H H ^a,e   Wissinger, S A ^b,e   Denoel M ^c,e   Mecklin, C J ^a   Gerlanc, N M ^a,e   Gutrich, J J ^d,e  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma tigrinum; Density dependence; Facultative paedomorphosis; Polyphenism; Size structure

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT TYPE; LARVA; METAMORPHISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SIZE STRUCTURE;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY;

ARIZONA; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM NEBULOSUM; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84855577829     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2076-z     Document Type: Article

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