Prey capture in frogs: Alternative strategies, biomechanical trade-offs, and hierarchical decision making

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 315 A, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 61-71

  Monroy, Jenna A ^a   Nishikawa, Kiisa ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FROG; FROGS AND TOADS; JAW; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; REVIEW; TONGUE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JAW; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RANA PIPIENS; TONGUE;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; CYCLORANA NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; DYSCOPHUS GUINETI; RANA PIPIENS;

EID: 79951573246     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.601     Document Type: Review

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