The effect of perch diameter on escape behaviour of Anolis lizards: Laboratory predictions and field tests

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 593-602

  Losos, Jonathan B ^a,b   Irschick, Duncan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCAPE BEHAVIOUR; LIZARD; PERCH DIAMETER;

ANOLIS; ANOLIS SPP.;

EID: 0029666940     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0063     Document Type: Article

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