Iberian rock lizards (Lacerta monticola cyreni) assess conspecific information using composite signals from faecal pellets

Ethology

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 809-820

  López, Pilar ^a   Aragón, Pedro ^a   Martín, José ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; FECAL PELLET; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIZARD;

LACERTA MONTICOLA;

EID: 0031782106     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1998.tb00033.x     Document Type: Article

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