Sensory cues and foraging decisions in a large carnivorous lizard, Varanus albigularis

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 727-736

  Kaufman, Jennifer D ^b   Burghardt, Gordon M ^c   Phillips, John A ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VARANUS ALBIGULARIS; GASTROPODA;

CHEMICAL CUE; DECISION MAKING; ODOUR; PREY SELECTION; VISUAL CUE; WHITE-THROATED SAVANNA MONITOR;

AFRICA, (SOUTHERN);

EID: 0030430444     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0217     Document Type: Article

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