Risk level of chemical cues determines retention of recognition of new predators in Iberian green frog tadpoles

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1117-1123

  Gonzalo, Adega ^a   López, Pilar ^a   Martín, José ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alarm cues; Disturbance cues; Frogs; Memory; Predation risk; Predator recognition

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; CHEMICAL CUE; CONSPECIFIC; FROG; MEMORY; PREDATION RISK; RECOGNITION;

ANURA; PELOPHYLAX; RANA CLAMITANS;

EID: 77953692676     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0927-y     Document Type: Article

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