Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Enduring Attack: Defensive Posture in Terrestrial Salamanders (Genus: Ambystoma) and Their Predator-Prey Interactions on Pelee Island, Canada

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Year: 2018, 2018
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Myette, Alexander, Thesis advisor (ths): Murray, Dennis L, Degree committee member (dgc): Bowman, Jeff, Degree committee member (dgc): Nol, Erica, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Numerous prey taxa employ defensive postures for protection against attack by predators. Defensive postures mitigate predation risk at various stages of the predator-prey sequence, including through crypsis, mimicry, thanatosis, aposematism, and deflection. In terrestrial salamanders, defensive postures may be aposematic, or deflect attacks away from vital body parts and towards the tail… more