A key by which the toad's visual system gets access to the domain of prey

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 877-887

  Wachowitz, S ^a   Ewert, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Configurational cues; Feature analysis; Key stimulus concept; Prey catching; Toad; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVE; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS; TOAD; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0030249043     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(96)00070-4     Document Type: Article

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