Larger Body Size at Metamorphosis Enhances Survival, Growth and Performance of Young Cane Toads (Rhinella marina)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Cabrera Guzmán, Elisa ^a   Crossland, Michael R ^a   Brown, Gregory P ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANURA; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH RATE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LOCOMOTION; METAMORPHOSIS; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; RHINELLA MARINA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BODY SIZE; BUFO MARINUS; ENVIRONMENT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84880852288     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0070121     Document Type: Article

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