Behavioural response of bullfrog tadpoles to chemical cues of predation risk are affected by cue age and water source

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 573, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-44

  Peacor, Scott D ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA GREAT LAKES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical cue; Kairomone; Nonlethal effect; Phenotypic plasticity; Rana catesbeiana; Trait mediated

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECAY (ORGANIC); DEGRADATION; MORPHOLOGY; WATER RESOURCES;

CHEMICAL CUES; KAIROMONE; NONLETHAL EFFECT; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; RANA CATESBEIANA; TRAIT MEDIATED;

BIODIVERSITY;

AQUATIC ORGANISM; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; DRAGONFLY; FITNESS; FROG; PHENOTYPE; PREDATION RISK;

ANAX JUNIUS; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ANURA; INVERTEBRATA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 33750732939     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: 15735117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10750-006-0256-3     Document Type: Article

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