A treefrog with reproductive mode plasticity reveals a changing balance of selection for nonaquatic egg laying

American Naturalist

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 733-743

  Touchon, Justin C ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity; Altered selection; Anura; Evolution of reproduction; Hyla ebraccata; Neotropics

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADAPTATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DESICCATION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FROG; LAYING DATE; MORTALITY; NEOTROPICAL REGION; OVIPOSITION; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ANURA; ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; PANAMA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASON;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; PANAMA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAIN; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

ANURA; HYLA EBRACCATA;

EID: 84869183979     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/668079     Document Type: Article

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