Body size varies with abundance, not climate, in an amphibian population

Ecography

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 947-955

  Green, David M ^a   Middleton, Jessica ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BODY SIZE; CLIMATE EFFECT; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; PHENOTYPE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOAD;

CANADA; LONG POINT; ONTARIO [CANADA];

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA;

EID: 84880036301     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00063.x     Document Type: Article

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