Risk assessment and withdrawal behavior by two species of aposematic poison frogs, dendrobates auratus and oophaga pumilio, on forest trails

Ethology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 311-320

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

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; APOSEMATISM; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIURNAL ACTIVITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FROG; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; DENDROBATES AURATUS; DENDROBATIDAE;

EID: 62749166426     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2009.01615.x     Document Type: Article

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