Prey availability influences the ontogeny and timing of chemoreception-based prey shifting in the striped crayfish snake, Regina alleni

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 49-55

  Mark Waters, R ^a   Burghardt, Gordon M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoreception; Crayfish snake; Ontogeny; Prey availability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; COLUBRIDAE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRAYFISH; CYPRINIFORMES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEWBORN; ODONATA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; RANDOMIZATION; SMELLING; SNAKE; TIME;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASTACOIDEA; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; COLUBRIDAE; CYPRINIDAE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODONATA; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SNAKES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84881002293     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029267     Document Type: Article

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