Salamanders avoid chemical cues from predators

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 232-235

  Cupp, Paul V ^a  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0028041866     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1994.1231     Document Type: Article

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