Conspicuousness and vestigial escape behaviour by two dendrobatid frogs, Dendrobates auratus and Oophaga pumilio

Behaviour

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-349

  Cooper, William E ^a   Caldwell, Janalee P ^b   Vitt, Laurie J ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aposematism; Craugastor; Dendrobatidae; Escape; Flight initiation distance; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ANURA; DENDROBATES AURATUS; DENDROBATIDAE; HUMULUS;

EID: 59649104464     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853909X410946     Document Type: Article

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