Chemosensory mate recognition may facilitate prolonged mate guarding by male snow skinks, Niveoscincus microlepidotus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 359-363

  Olsson, Mats ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Chemosensory mate recognition; Lizards; Niveoscincus microlepidotus; Scent trails

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; LIZARD; MATE GUARDING; RECOGNITION;

AUSTRALIA;

NIVEOSCINCUS MICROLEPIDOTUS;

EID: 0031667817     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050502     Document Type: Article

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