Learned recognition of introduced predators determines survival of tadpole prey

Functional Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 432-439

  Polo Cavia, Nuria ^a,b   Gomez Mestre, Ivan ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alien predators; Chemical cues; Learning; Phenotypic plasticity; Predator recognition

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AQUATIC ORGANISM; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; CRAYFISH; EXTINCTION; FROG; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECOGNITION; SURVIVAL;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ASTACOIDEA; PELOBATES CULTRIPES; PELOBATIDAE; PROCAMBARUS CLARKII;

EID: 84896029451     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2435.12175     Document Type: Article

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