Influence of sprint speed and body size on predator avoidance in New Mexican spadefoot toads (Spea multiplicata)

Oecologia

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 455-461

  Arendt, Jeffrey David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Predator avoidance; Size refuge; Sprint speed; Tadpole; Trade off

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BODY SIZE; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; REFUGE; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOAD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; FROGS AND TOADS; HISTOLOGY; LOCOMOTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BODY SIZE; LOCOMOTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING;

ANURA; SPEA BOMBIFRONS; SPEA MULTIPLICATA;

EID: 60449113596     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1210-z     Document Type: Article

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