Accelerated hatching of southern leopard frog (Rana sphenocephala) eggs in response to the presence of a crayfish (Procambarus nigrocinctus) predator

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2003, Pages 646-649

  Saenz, Daniel ^a   Johnson, James B ^b   Adams, Cory K ^b   Dayton, Gage H ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; CRAYFISH; EGG; FROG; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PREDATION RISK;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ASTACOIDEA; CAMBARIDAE; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA TAXON); PANTHERA PARDUS; PROCAMBARUS NIGROCINCTUS; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0141569302     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CE-02-172R1     Document Type: Article

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