Different antipredator behaviour in two anuran tadpoles: Effects of predator diet

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 329-336

  Laurila, Anssi ^a   Kujasalo, Jutta ^a   Ranta, Esa ^a  

^a Dept of Ecology and Systematics ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Antipredator behaviour; Anura; Predator diet; Predator recognition; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030947590     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050349     Document Type: Article

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