Understanding the toad code: Behavioural responses of cane toad (Chaunus marinus) larvae and metamorphs to chemical cues

Austral Ecology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-44

  Hagman, Mattias ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alarm pheromone; Invasive species; Repellent; Schreckstoff; Tadpole

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ALARM SIGNAL; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; CONSPECIFIC; LARVA; OLFACTORY CUE; PHEROMONE; REPELLENT; TOAD;

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; METAMORPHA;

EID: 37849011889     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2007.01788.x     Document Type: Article

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