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

Abstract 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 a...

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Main Authors: Bálint Üveges, Gábor Fera, Ágnes M. Móricz, Dániel Krüzselyi, Veronika Bókony, Attila Hettyey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-06-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-017-0956-5