Population differences in responses of red-legged frogs (Rana aurora) to introduced bullfrogs

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1752-1760

  Kiesecker, Joseph M ^a   Blaustein, Andrew R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Bullfrogs; Chemical cues; Endangered species; Introduced organisms; Population differences; Predator avoidance; Rana aurora; Rana catesbeiana; Red legged frogs

Indexed keywords

ANURA; RANA AURORA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

ANTI-PREDATOR BEHAVIOUR; BULLFROG; INTRODUCED FROG; PREDATION; RED-LEGGED FROG;

EID: 0030613598     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[1752:pdiror]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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