Asymmetric effects of intra- and interspecific competition on a pond-breeding salamander

Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1681-1690

  Anderson, Thomas L ^a,b   Whiteman, Howard H ^a  

^a MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma maculatum; Ambystoma talpoideum; Asymmetric; Competition; Density dependence; Life history trade off; Paedomorphosis; Phenotype; Polyphenism; Resource polymorphism

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BODY SIZE; CONSPECIFIC; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FITNESS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; METAMORPHOSIS; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM;

AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMBYSTOMA TALPOIDEUM; METAMORPHA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84930844841     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-0479.1     Document Type: Article

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