Factors modifying antipredator behavior in larval toads

Herpetologica

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 301-313

  Anholt, Bradley R ^a,b   Skelly, David K ^a,c   Werner, Earl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti predator behavior; Bufo americanus; Growth mortality tradeoffs; Predator detection

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN TOAD; ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOUR; BODY SIZE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PREDATOR DENSITY; TADPOLE;

AESHNIDAE; ANAX JUNIUS; BUFO AMERICANUS; ODONATA;

EID: 0030429184     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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