Factors influencing responses to alarm pheromone by larvae of invasive cane toads, Bufo marinus

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 265-271

  Hagman, Mattias ^b   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alarm pheromone; Anuran; Biological control; Chemical communication; Invasive species

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BODY SIZE; CHEMICAL CUE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; NATIVE SPECIES; PHEROMONE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL; TOAD; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AUSTRALIA;

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS;

PHEROMONE; WATER;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HABITUATION; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPERATURE; TOAD;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BUFO MARINUS; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; LARVA; PHEROMONES; POPULATION DENSITY; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 67449152627     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-009-9592-x     Document Type: Article

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