Age- and environment-dependent changes in chemical defences of larval and post-metamorphic toads

BACKGROUND: Chemical defences are widespread in animals, but how their production is adjusted to ecological conditions is poorly known. Optimal defence theory predicts that inducible defences are favoured over constitutive defences when toxin production is costly and the need for it varies across en...

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Autores principales: Üveges, Bálint, Fera, Gábor, Móricz, Ágnes M., Krüzselyi, Dániel, Bókony, Veronika, Hettyey, Attila
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5470210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28610604
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0956-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5470210/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28610604
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0956-5

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