The scent of danger: Tetrodotoxin (TTX) as an olfactory cue of predation risk

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 585-600

  Zimmer, Richard K ^a   Schar, Daniel W ^a   Ferrer, Ryan P ^a   Krug, Patrick J ^b   Kats, Lee B ^c   Michel, William C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult larval interaction; Amphibian; Cannibalism; Chemical ecology; Larva; Newt; Predator; Predator avoidance; Prey; Taricha torosa; Tetrodotoxin; TTX

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPHIBIAN; AVOIDANCE REACTION; CANNIBALISM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LARVA; OLFACTORY CUE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDRIDAE; TARICHA TOROSA;

EID: 33845287989     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 00129615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2006)076[0585:TSODTT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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