Physiological, behavioral and maternal factors that contribute to size variation in larval amphibian populations.

Size variance among similarly aged individuals within populations is a pattern common to many organisms that is a result of interactions between intrinsic and extrinsic traits of individuals. While genetic and maternal effects, as well as physiological and behavioral traits have been shown to contri...

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Main Authors: Robin W Warne, Adam Kardon, Erica J Crespi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3797114?pdf=render