Terrestrial snails use predator-diet to assess danger

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-102

  Lefcort, Hugh ^a,b   Ben Ami, Frida ^a   Heller, Joseph ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b GONZAGA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carabid beetles; Diet; Kairomones; Malacophagy; Predation; Theba pisana

Indexed keywords

CARABIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GALLUS GALLUS; GASTROPODA; THEBA PISANA;

EID: 32644476294     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-005-0168-0     Document Type: Article

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