Discrimination of offspring by indirect recognition in an egg-feeding dendrobatid frog, Oophaga pumilio

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1351-1356

  Stynoski, Jennifer L ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; FROG; MATERNAL CARE; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; RECOGNITION; TROPICAL FOREST;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; DENDROBATIDAE; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 70649101237     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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