Foraging mode of a group-living lizard, Cordylus cataphractus (Cordylidae)

African Zoology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Mouton, P L F N ^a   Geertsema, H ^a   Visagie, L ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Movements per minute; Percent time moved; Prey chemical discrimination; Sit and wait foraging; Stomach contents

Indexed keywords

CORDYLIDAE; CORDYLUS CATAPHRACTUS; DIPLOPODA; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPTERA; MICROHODOTERMES VIATOR; SCORPIONES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0002705475     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2000.11407185     Document Type: Article

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