Burst-swimming performance predicts the outcome of cannibalistic interactions in green poison frog larvae (Dendrobates auratus)

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 319, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 495-504

  Wilcox, Sean C ^a   Lappin, A Kristopher ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANURA; DENDROBATES AURATUS; DENDROBATIDAE;

ANIMAL; ANURA; ARTICLE; CANNIBALISM; EVOLUTION; LARVA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; ANURA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CANNIBALISM; LARVA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SWIMMING;

EID: 84885832824     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.1813     Document Type: Article

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