Leaf litter quality induces morphological and developmental changes in larval amphibians

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1594-1603

  Stoler, Aaron B ^a   Relyea, Rick A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic subsidies; Decomposition; Gut length; Lignin; Mouthpart size; Phenolics; Resourceinduced plasticity; Temperate forests; Wetlands

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECOMPOSITION; FROG; GROWTH RATE; LARVA; LEAF LITTER; LIGNIN; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RANIDAE; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; PENNSYLVANIA; PLANT LEAVES; RANIDAE; TREES;

EID: 84880525897     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-2087.1     Document Type: Article

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