Response of predator-naive newt larvae to food and predator presence

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1845-1850

  Orizaola, Germán ^a   Braña, Florentino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FOOD PRODUCTS; LAKES;

ANTIPREDATOR RESPONSES;

BIODIVERSITY;

AMPHIBIAN; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PREDATION; REFUGE;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA SP.; REPTILIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALMO; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE; TRITURUS; TRITURUS ALPESTRIS;

EID: 1342290172     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-160     Document Type: Article

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