An inducible offense: Carnivore morph tadpoles induced by tadpole carnivory

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1405-1411

  Levis, Nicholas A ^a   de la Serna Buzón, Sofia ^a   Pfennig, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Induced morphology; Inducible offenses; Phenotypic plasticity; Trophic polyphenism

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); PELOBATIDAE; SCAPHIOPUS; SPEA MULTIPLICATA;

EID: 84926407179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1448     Document Type: Article

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