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Larval growth in polyphenic salamanders: making the best of a bad lot

Authors: Whiteman, H. H.; Wissinger, S. A.; Denoel, M.; Mecklin, C. J.; Gerlanc, N. M.; Gutrich, J. J.
Year: 2012
Journal: Oecologia, Vol. 168, pp. 109-118
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Keywords: POLYPHENISM, DENSITY DEPENDENCE, SIZE STRUCTURE, FACULTATIVE PAEDOMORPHOSIS, AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM
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