Identification of a disturbance signal in larval red-legged frogs, Rana aurora

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1295-1300

  Kiesecker, Joseph M ^a,f   Chivers, Douglas P ^b   Marco, Adolfo ^c   Quilchano, Consuelo ^d   Anderson, Michael T ^e   Blaustein, Andrew R ^e  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FROG; SIGNAL;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA AURORA;

EID: 0033054914     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1999.1094     Document Type: Article

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