Context-dependent kin discrimination in larvae of the marbled salamander, Ambystoma opacum

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 17-31

  Hokit, D Grant ^b   Walls, Susan C ^c   Blaustein, Andrew R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARROLL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBYSTOMA OPACUM;

KIN DISCRIMINATION; MARBLED SALAMANDER;

EID: 0030457047     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0149     Document Type: Article

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