T B Watkins

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The effect of metamorphosis on the repeatability of maximal locomotor performance in the Pacific tree frog Hyla regilla
    T B Watkins
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
    J Exp Biol 200:2663-8. 1997
  2. ncbi The effects of acute and developmental temperature on burst swimming speed and myofibrillar ATPase activity in tadpoles of the Pacific tree frog, Hyla regilla
    T B Watkins
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
    Physiol Biochem Zool 73:356-64. 2000
  3. ncbi A quantitative genetic test of adaptive decoupling across metamorphosis for locomotor and life-history traits in the pacific tree frog, Hyla regilla
    T B Watkins
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine 92697, USA
    Evolution 55:1668-77. 2001

Detail Information

Publications3

  1. ncbi The effect of metamorphosis on the repeatability of maximal locomotor performance in the Pacific tree frog Hyla regilla
    T B Watkins
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
    J Exp Biol 200:2663-8. 1997
    ..Metamorphosis appears to place strict temporal constraints on individual consistency in locomotor ability...
  2. ncbi The effects of acute and developmental temperature on burst swimming speed and myofibrillar ATPase activity in tadpoles of the Pacific tree frog, Hyla regilla
    T B Watkins
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
    Physiol Biochem Zool 73:356-64. 2000
    ..01). These results suggest a mechanism for developmental temperature effects on locomotor performance observed in other taxa...
  3. ncbi A quantitative genetic test of adaptive decoupling across metamorphosis for locomotor and life-history traits in the pacific tree frog, Hyla regilla
    T B Watkins
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine 92697, USA
    Evolution 55:1668-77. 2001
    ..81). These results do not support the adaptive decoupling hypothesis, and they indicate that a paucity of additive genetic variation is a likely constraint on the evolution of traits measured for this population...