Diet, development and the optimization of warning signals in post-metamorphic green and black poison frogs

Functional Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 816-829

  Flores, Eric E ^a   Stevens, Martin ^b   Moore, Allen J ^a,c   Blount, Jonathan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Dendrobates auratus; Individual optimization; Oxidative stress; Resource allocation trade off

Indexed keywords

APOSEMATISM; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BIOMARKER; BODY SHAPE; COLOR; CORRELATION; DIET; FROG; LUMINESCENCE; OPTIMIZATION; PHENOTYPE; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION;

ANURA; CACOSTERNUM; DENDROBATES AURATUS; DENDROBATIDAE;

EID: 84878191896     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12084     Document Type: Article

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