Thermal activation of escape swimming in post-hatching Xenopus laevis frog larvae

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2356-2364

  Sillar, Keith T ^a   Meldrum Robertson, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Escape behaviour; Hyperthermia; Locomotion; Tadpole

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ESCAPE REACTION; LARVA; SWIMMING; TEMPERATURE; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 67651027280     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.029892     Document Type: Article

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