Diel pattern of migration in a poisonous toad from Brazil and the evolution of chemical defenses in diurnal amphibians

Evolutionary Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 249-258

  Santos, Raquel Rocha ^a   Grant, Taran ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anura; Breeding; Bufonidae; Diel activity; Environmental variables; Melanophryniscus cambaraensis; Movement; Phylogeny; Reproduction; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

APOSEMATISM; BREEDING SITE; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; DESICCATION; DIEL MIGRATION; EGG; HABITAT TYPE; HUMIDITY; LARVA; LIFE CYCLE; MOVEMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHYLOGENY; PREDATION; PREDATOR; RAINFALL; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOAD; TOXICITY;

BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO SUL;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFONIDAE; DENDROBATIDAE; MELANOPHRYNISCUS;

EID: 79951953146     PISSN: 02697653     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-010-9407-0     Document Type: Article

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