Do non-breeding, adult long-toed salamanders respond to conspecifics as friends or as foes?

Herpetologica

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-7

  Verrell, Paul ^a   Davis, Kimberly ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma macrodactylum; Ambystomatidae; Caudata; Olfaction; Sociobiology

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CHEMICAL CUE; HERPETOFAUNA; SOCIOBIOLOGY;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACRODACTYLUM; AMBYSTOMA MACRODACTYLUM COLUMBIANUM; AMBYSTOMATIDAE; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0037374206     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2003)059[0001:DNALSR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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