Cannibalism and kin discrimination in tadpoles of the amazonian poison frog, Dendrobates ventrimaculatus, in the field

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 17-21

  Summers, Kyle ^a   Symula, Rebecca ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cannibalism; Dendrobates; Kin recognition

Indexed keywords

DENDROBATES VENTRIMACULATUS; HELICONIA;

EID: 0035039648     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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