The influence of tail autotomy on agonistic behaviour in a territorial salamander

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1707-1716

  Wise, Sharon E ^a   Jaeger, Robert G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOUR; SALAMANDER; TAIL AUTOTOMY; TERRITORIALITY;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; ANIMALIA; CAUDATA; PLETHODON CINEREUS;

EID: 0032103625     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0720     Document Type: Article

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