Foraging behaviour and territoriality of the strawberry poison frog (Oophaga pumilio) in dependence of the presence of ants

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-227

  Staudt, Konrad ^a   Ospina, Santiago Meneses ^b   Mebs, Dietrich ^c   Pröhl, Heike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE BIODIVERSIDAD   (Costa Rica)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alkaloids; Brachymyrmex; Dendrobates auratus; Foraging behaviour; Histrionicotoxin; Oophaga pumilio; Pumiliotoxin; Territorial behaviour

Indexed keywords

ALKALOID; ANT; CALLING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FROG; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; TAXONOMY; TERRITORIALITY; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

COSTA RICA; HITOY CERERE BIOLOGICAL RESERVE;

ANURA; BRACHYMYRMEX; DENDROBATES AURATUS; DENDROBATIDAE; FORMICIDAE; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; PARATRECHINA;

EID: 77950999062     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853810791069100     Document Type: Article

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