Waving or tapping? Vibrational stimuli and the general function of toe twitching in frogs and toads (Amphibia: Anura)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Sloggett, John J ^a   Zeilstra, Ilja ^a  

^a Tussen Beide Markten 45   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anura; multimodal stimulus; predation; substratum vibration; visual lure

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FROG; PREDATION; TOAD; VIBRATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA;

EID: 53549100982     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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