Selection of tadpole deposition sites by male Trinidadian stream frogs, Mannophryne trinitatis (Dendrobatidae): An example of anti-predator behaviour

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 91-100

  Downie, J R ^a   Livingstone, S R ^a   Cormack, J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dendrobatids; Predator avoidance; Rivulus; Tadpole deposition; Trinidad

Indexed keywords

COLOSTETHUS TRINITATIS; MACROBRACHIUM; MANNOPHRYNE TRINITATIS; RIVULUS HARTII;

EID: 0035745178     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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