Courtship in the zig-zag salamander (Plethodon dorsalis): Insights into a transition in pheromone-delivery behavior

Ethology

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 799-809

  Picard, Amy L ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; COURTSHIP; OLFACTORY CUE; SEX PHEROMONE;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; PLETHODON; PLETHODON CINEREUS; PLETHODON DORSALIS; PLETHODON GLUTINOSUS; PLETHODONTIDAE; PLETHODONTINI;

EID: 23744478685     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2005.01115.x     Document Type: Article

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