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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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| 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 |