From metamorphosis to maturity in complex life cycles: Equal performance of different juvenile life history pathways

Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 657-667

  Schmidt, Benedikt R ^a,b   Hödl, Walter ^c   Schaub, Michael ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b KARCH Switzerland   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e SCHWEIZERISCHE VOGELWARTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age specific breeding probability; Amphibian; Cohort iteroparity; Compensatory growth; Complex life cycle; Life history transition; Maturity; Metamorphosis; Pelobates fuscus; Sex specific life histories; Size; Survival

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MATRIX; MATURATION; METAMORPHOSIS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; TOAD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUFONIDAE; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LONGEVITY; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; FEMALE; LONGEVITY; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; SEXUAL MATURATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; METAMORPHA; PELOBATES FUSCUS; PELOBATIDAE;

EID: 84860234370     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0892.1     Document Type: Article

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