The effect of hunger on the strength and duration of the antipredator behavioral response of green frog (Rana clamitans) tadpoles

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1201-1205

  Fraker, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity level; Chemical cue; Energetic state; Predation risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOENERGETICS; CHEMICAL CUE; DRAGONFLY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FROG; LARVA; PREDATION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRADE-OFF;

ANAX; ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ANURA; RANA CLAMITANS;

EID: 42449162234     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-008-0549-9     Document Type: Article

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