Perceived predation risk as a function of predator dietary cues in terrestrial salamanders

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-39

  Murray, Dennis L ^a   Jenkins, Christopher L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; DIET; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

LUMBRICUS; PLETHODON CINEREUS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS;

EID: 0033005648     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0986     Document Type: Article

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