Ontogenetic shifts in a prey's chemical defences influence feeding responses of a snake predator

Oecologia

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 965-973

  Llewelyn, John ^a,b   Bell, Kris ^b   Schwarzkopf, Lin ^b   Alford, Ross A ^b   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bufo marinus; Chemical defence; Ontogeny; Optimal foraging

Indexed keywords

TOXIN;

CHEMICAL DEFENSE; INVASIVE SPECIES; METAMORPHOSIS; ONTOGENY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATOR; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SNAKE; TOAD; TOXICITY; TOXIN; VULNERABILITY;

AGE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BUFONIDAE; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SNAKE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; BUFONIDAE; LARVA; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SNAKES; TOXINS, BIOLOGICAL;

AUSTRALIA;

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; COLUBRIDAE; METAMORPHA; SERPENTES; TROPIDONOPHIS MAIRII;

EID: 84864277634     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2268-1     Document Type: Article

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