Does the Pyrenean salamander Euproctus asper use chemical cues for sex identification and mating behaviour?

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 57-62

  Guillaume, O ^a  

^a F 09200   (France)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Courtship; Euproctus asper; Mating; Salamandridae

Indexed keywords

WATER;

AMPHIBIAN; CHEMICAL CUE; MATING BEHAVIOR; SEX DETERMINATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; ODOR; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; SALAMANDER;

EUPROCTUS ASPER;

EID: 0032943803     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0376-6357(99)00003-0     Document Type: Article

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