Priority use of chemical over visual cues for detection of predators by graybelly salamanders, Eurycea multiplicata griseogaster

Herpetologica

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 203-210

  Hickman, Caleb R ^a,b   Stone, Matthew D ^a,c   Mathis, Alicia ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator behavior; Chemical cues; Eurycea multiplicata griseogaster; Graybelly salamander; Kairomones; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CHEMICAL CUE; RECOGNITION; VISUAL CUE;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANURA; CAMPOSTOMA; CAMPOSTOMA PULLUM; CAUDATA; COTTIDAE; COTTUS; COTTUS CAROLINAE; EURYCEA; EURYCEA MULTIPLICATA; EURYCEA MULTIPLICATA GRISEOGASTER; RANA SPHENOCEPHALA; REPTILIA;

EID: 2442501524     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/03-26     Document Type: Article

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