Predator-induced defenses in tadpoles confound body stoichiometry predictions of the general stress paradigm

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2229-2236

  Costello, David M ^a,b   Michel, Matt J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer driven nutrient recycling; Hyla versicolor; Mesocosm; Phenotypic plasticity; Predator derived traits; Predator prey relationships

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BEETLE; CARBON; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; EXCRETION; FROG; LARVA; MESOCOSM; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESPIRATION; STEROID; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEETLE; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RANIDAE; TAIL;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; LARVA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RANIDAE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TAIL;

EID: 84886537139     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-2251.1     Document Type: Article

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