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. 2017 Mar 7;4(2):117-119.
doi: 10.1080/23328940.2017.1288687. eCollection 2017.

Frog and toad larvae become vegetarian when it is hot

Bruno M Carreira  1   2
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Frog and toad larvae become vegetarian when it is hot

Bruno M Carreira. Temperature (Austin). .
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Figure 1.
Data obtained and figure modified from ref. . Schematic representation of temperature variation over time until tadpoles initiated metamorphosis (MET) in each experimental treatment. (A): Proportion of plant material assimilated by the mixed diet tadpoles of the study species. (B): Cold Spring (CS), Normal Spring (NS), Early Spring Heat Wave (ESHW), Late Spring Heat Wave (LSHW) and Long Heat Wave (LoHW). Boxes show the median and the 25th–75th percentiles; whiskers indicate the 2.5th–97.5th percentiles.
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