Avoidance response of post-metamorphic anurans to cues of injured conspecifics and predators

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 472-476

  Chivers, Douglas P ^a   Kiesecker, Joseph M ^b   Wildy, Erica L ^c   Belden, Lisa K ^c   Kats, Lee B ^d   Blaustein, Andrew R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BOREAS; BUFO BOREAS; RANA AURORA; RANA CASCADAE; SERPENTES; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS;

EID: 0032724469     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565645     Document Type: Article

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