Prey detection by vomeronasal chemoreception in a plethodontid salamander

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1017-1036

  Placyk Jr , John S ^a,b   Graves, Brent M ^a  

^a NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Chemical senses; Foraging; Plethodon cinereus; Plethodontidae; Salamander; Urodele; Vomeronasal system

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CHEMICAL CUE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY LOCATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DARKNESS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; FORAGING; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PREY; SALAMANDER; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

ANIMALS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URODELA; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MELANOGASTER; PLETHODON; PLETHODON CINEREUS; PLETHODONTIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 0036098386     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015213918739     Document Type: Article

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