Mother-offspring recognition in two Australian lizards, Tiliqua rugosa and Egernia stokesii

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 193-200

  Main, Adam R ^b   Bull, C Michael ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EGERNIA STOKESII; SQUAMATA; TILIQUA; TILIQUA RUGOSA; TRACHYDOSAURUS RUGOSUS;

KIN RECOGNITION; MOTHER-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SKINK;

EID: 0030470569     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0164     Document Type: Article

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