Is it all death feigning? Case in anurans

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 44, Issue 31, 2010, Pages 1979-1988

  Toledo, Luís Felipe ^a   Sazima, Ivan ^a   Haddad, Célio F B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anurans; Death feigning; Defensive behaviour; Shrinking; Thanatosis; Tonic immobility

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; FROG; LITERATURE REVIEW; PREDATION RISK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TOXIN;

ANURA;

EID: 77954414676     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222931003624804     Document Type: Article

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