Prey-tracking behavior in the invasive terrestrial planarian Platydemus manokwari (Platyhelminthes, Tricladida)

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 997-1002

  Iwai, Noriko ^a   Sugiura, Shinji ^a   Chiba, Satoshi ^b  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conservation; Flatworm; Land snail; Predation; Trail tracking

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; FLATWORM; INVASIVE SPECIES; PREY SELECTION; SNAIL; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLATYHELMINTH; PREDATION; SNAIL; TURBELLARIA;

ANIMALS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PLANARIANS; PLATYHELMINTHS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SNAILS;

GASTROPODA; PLANARIA; PLATYDEMUS MANOKWARI; PLATYHELMINTHES; STYLOMMATOPHORA; TRICLADIDA; TURBELLARIA;

EID: 78650189919     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0717-4     Document Type: Article

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