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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798431803321

Autore

Jaeger Robert

Titolo

Behavioral ecology of the Eastern red-backed salamander : 50 years of research / / by Robert G. Jaeger, Birgit Gollmann, Carl D. Anthony, Caitlin R. Gabor and Nancy R. Kohn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0190628413

9780190605513

0190605510

9780190605506

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

597.8/5

Soggetti

Plethodon cinereus - Behavior

Plethodon cinereus - Ecology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

List of figures -- Acknowledgments -- About the authors -- 1. Prelude -- 2. Interspecific competition between P. cinereus and P. shenandoah -- 3. Intraspecific territoriality by P. cinereus -- 4. Foraging tactics by P. cinereus within territories -- 5. Pheromonal glands and pheromonal communication by P. cinereus -- 6. Interspecific territoriality and other interspecific interactions -- 7. Intraspecific social behavior within P. cinereus -- 8. Predator-prey interactions between P. cinereus and a snake -- 9. Cognitive ecology of P. cinereus -- 10. Coda: Synthesis and social behaviors by P. cinereus -- References -- Subject index.

Sommario/riassunto

Examines over fifty years of research of the red-backed salamander