Effects of predators and conspecific chemical cues on the swimming activity of Rana temporaria and Bufo bufo tadpoles

Archiv fur Hydrobiologie

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 153-170

  Marquis, Olivier ^a,b   Saglio, Philippe ^a,b   Neveu, André ^a,b  

^a Inst Natl la Rech Agronom SQuAIE   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Alarm substance; Anurans; Chemical signals; Kairomones; Swimming behaviour

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LARVA; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; OLFACTION; PREDATION RISK;

AESHNIDAE; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANAX; ANAX IMPERATOR; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ANURA; ASTACIDAE; ASTACUS; BUFO; BUFO BUFO; LEPTODACTYLUS; ODONATA; PONTASTACUS LEPTODACTYLUS; RANA TEMPORARIA; REPTILIA; SALAMANDRA SALAMANDRA;

EID: 3042695828     PISSN: 00039136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0003-9136/2004/0160-0153     Document Type: Article

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