Investigations of pheromonal discrimination between conspecific individuals by male and female leopard geckos (Eublepharis macularius)

Herpetologica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 475-484

  Steele, Laura J ^a   Cooper Jr , William E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Eublepharis macularius; Individual discriminations; Pheromone; Squamata

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOUR; CONSPECIFIC; COURTSHIP BEHANVIOUR; LEOPARD GECKOS; PHEROMONE DISCRIMINATION;

EUBLEPHARIS MACULARIUS;

EID: 0031408140     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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