Geographic variation in corticosterone response to chronic predator stress in tadpoles

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1066-1076

  Dahl, E ^a   Orizaola, G ^a   Winberg, S ^b   Laurila, A ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; Growth; Hormones; Latitudinal gradient; Life history; Metamorphosis; Predator induced plasticity; Rana temporaria; Time stressed populations

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE;

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CLINE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FROG; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; HORMONE; LATITUDINAL GRADIENT; LIFE HISTORY; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; STEROID; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANA TEMPORARIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; CORTICOSTERONE; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; INSECTS; LARVA; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RANA TEMPORARIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; SWEDEN;

SWEDEN;

RANA TEMPORARIA;

EID: 84861184487     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02493.x     Document Type: Article

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