Inducible defenses: The relevance of chemical alarm cues in Daphnia

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1466-1472

  Laforsch, Christian ^a   Beccara, Laura ^a   Tollrian, Ralph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CONSPECIFIC; CRUSTACEAN; KAIROMONE;

AMPHIBIA; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA CUCULLATA; DAPHNIA LONGICEPHALA; DAPHNIA LUMHOLTZI; DAPHNIA MAGNA;

EID: 33744899326     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2006.51.3.1466     Document Type: Article

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