Species-specific patterns of agonistic behavior among larvae of three syntopic species of ambystomatid salamanders

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-17

  Mott, Cy L ^a   Maret, Timothy J ^b  

^a Kentucky Wesleyan College   (United States)

^b SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; AMPHIBIAN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CANNIBALISM; DIVERGENCE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LARVA; MORPHOLOGY; PREDATION; SYMPATRY;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA JEFFERSONIANUM; AMBYSTOMA MACULATUM; AMBYSTOMA OPACUM; AMBYSTOMATIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 79952797858     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CE-09-065     Document Type: Article

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