Can prey use dietary cues to distinguish predators? A test involving three terrestrial amphibians

Herpetologica

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 104-110

  Wirsing, Aaron J ^a,b   Roth, James D ^a,c   Murray, Dennis L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Antipredator behavior; Dietary cues; Predator avoidance

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; CONSPECIFIC; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FROG; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SNAKE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACRODACTYLUM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; HYLIDAE; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA; RANA LUTEIVENTRIS; RANA PRETIOSA; SALAMANDROIDEA; THAMNOPHIS ELEGANS; THAMNOPHIS ELEGANS VAGRANS;

EID: 33751561423     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/04-47     Document Type: Article

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