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Body size, swimming speed, or thermal sensitivity? Predator-imposed selection on amphibian larvae

BACKGROUND: Many animals rely on their escape performance during predator encounters. Because of its dependence on body size and temperature, escape velocity is fully characterized by three measures, absolute value, size-corrected value, and its response to temperature (thermal sensitivity). The pri...

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Autores principales: Gvoždík, Lumír, Smolinský, Radovan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4630873/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26525734
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-015-0522-y