Prey, but not plant, chemical discrimination by the lizard Gerrhosaurus nigrolineatus

African Zoology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-62

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a   Habegger, Jason J ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Food chemical discrimination; Gerrhosauridae; Omnivory; Squamata

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009090902     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2001.11657114     Document Type: Article

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