The lure effect, tadpole tail shape, and the target of dragonfly strikes

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 420-424

  Van Buskirk, Josh ^a   Anderwald, Pia ^a   Lüpold, Stefan ^a   Reinhardt, Luzian ^a   Schuler, Heidi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); INSECTA;

EID: 0038011255     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2003)037[0420:TLETTS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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