First documentation of cultural transmission of predator recognition by larval amphibians

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 621-627

  Ferrari, Maud C O ^a   Messier, François ^a   Chivers, Douglas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; FROG; LARVA; LEARNING; ODOR; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECOGNITION;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA TIGRINUM; AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; AVES; MAMMALIA; PISCES; RANA SYLVATICA; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 34547444049     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01362.x     Document Type: Article

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