Artificial warming facilitates growth but not survival of plateau frog (Rana kukunoris) tadpoles in presence of gape-limited predatory beetles.

Global warming has been frequently demonstrated to increase growth rate in larval amphibians that have considerable phenotypic plasticity; this may lead to an increase in larval survival because large larvae are less likely to be captured by gape-limited predators. This study is to test whether warm...

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Main Authors: Jiyan Zhao, Yangheshan Yang, Xinqiang Xi, Changbing Zhang, Shucun Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4048183?pdf=render