Optimization of predator avoidance by salamanders using chemical cues: Diet and diel effects

Ethology

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1073-1086

  Madison, Dale M ^a   Maerz, John C ^b   McDarby, James H ^b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CHEMICAL CUE; DIET;

PLETHODON CINEREUS; THAMNOPHIS SIRTALIS;

EID: 0033400471     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.1999.10512481.x     Document Type: Article

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