Life cycles, plasticity and palaeoecology in temnospondyl amphibians

Palaeontology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 517-529

  Schoch, Rainer R ^a  

^a STAATLICHES MUSEUM FÜR NATURKUNDE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Developmental evolution; Metamorphosis; Neoteny; Ontogeny; Reaction norm

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CARNIVORE; CLADISTICS; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTION; LIFE CYCLE; MORPHOLOGY; ONTOGENY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AMPHIBIA; APATEON; BRANCHIOSAURIDAE; DISSOROPHOIDEA; PISCES; SCLEROCEPHALUS; TETRAPODA;

EID: 84899961543     PISSN: 00310239     EISSN: 14754983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pala.12100     Document Type: Article

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