Learning to avoid dangerous habitat types by aquatic salamanders, Eurycea tynerensis

Ethology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-62

  Mathis, Alicia ^a   Unger, Shem ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPHIBIAN; AVOIDANCE REACTION; CHEMICAL CUE; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; GRASS; HABITAT TYPE; LEARNING; PREDATION RISK; STREAMWATER; SURVIVAL;

COTTUS CAROLINAE; EURYCEA TYNERENSIS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 83055166981     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01987.x     Document Type: Article

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