Prey chemical discrimination and strike-induced chemosensory searching in lizards: Their absence in a crotaphytid lizard (Crotaphytus collaris) and a proposal for research in zoos

Zoo Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 239-253

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a   DePerno, Christopher S ^a   Fox, Stanley F ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemosensory behavior; Crotaphytidae; Iguania; Squamata

Indexed keywords

CROTAPHYTINAE; CROTAPHYTUS COLLARIS; IGUANIA; IGUANIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0030549089     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2361(1996)15:3<239::aid-zoo4>3.0.co;2-c     Document Type: Article

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