The development of behavioral defenses: A mechanistic analysis of vulnerability in red-eyed tree frog hatchlings

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 251-262

  Warkentin, Karen M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Agalychnis; Defense; Development; Macrobrachium; Microhabitat; Predation; Shrimp; Tadpoles

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FROG; SURVIVAL;

AGALYCHNIS; AGALYCHNIS CALLIDRYAS; ANURA; CRYPSIS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); HYLIDAE; LITORIA CHLORIS; MACROBRACHIUM; MACROBRACHIUM AMERICANUM;

EID: 0032971389     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.3.251     Document Type: Article

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