The tactile-stimulated startle response of tadpoles: Acceleration performance and its relationship to the anatomy of wood frog (Rana sylvatica), bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana), and American toad (Bufo americanus) tadpoles

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 305, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 348-362

  Eidietis, Laura ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FROG; HISTOLOGY; LARVA; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STARTLE REFLEX; TIME; TOAD;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BUFONIDAE; FEMALE; LARVA; MALE; MOVEMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STARTLE REACTION; TIME FACTORS;

ANURA; BUFO AMERICANUS; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANA SYLVATICA;

EID: 33645756867     PISSN: 15488969     EISSN: 1552499X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.269     Document Type: Article

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