Behavioural responses of Bufo bufo and Bufo calamita tadpoles to chemical cues of vertebrate and invertebrate predators

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 165-173

  Semlitsch, R D ^a   Gavasso, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Antipredator behaviour; Bufo; Chemical cues; Innate response; Microhabitat shift; Predation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000088337     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1992.9525337     Document Type: Article

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