Shifts in life-history traits as a response to cannibalism in larval long-toed salamanders (Ambystoma macrodactylum)

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 2337-2346

  Wildy, Erica L ^a   Chivers, Douglas P ^b   Blaustein, Andrew R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambystoma macrodactylum; Antipredatory behavior; Cannibal morphology; Cannibalism; Chemical cues; Life history traits; Long toed salamander; Polymorphism.

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CANNIBALISM; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CANNIBALISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; SALAMANDER;

AMBYSTOMA MACRODACTYLUM;

EID: 0032741921     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020830125611     Document Type: Article

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