Prey-capture in the African clawed toad (Xenopus laevis): Comparison of turning to visual and lateral line stimuli

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 192, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1021-1036

  Claas, Barbara ^a   Dean, Jeffrey ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Lateral line system; Orientation; Visual system; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); ORIENTATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; REACTION TIME; STATISTICAL MODEL; TOUCH; WATER FLOW; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MOVEMENT; ORIENTATION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REACTION TIME; TOUCH; WATER MOVEMENTS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33749260166     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0137-2     Document Type: Article

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