The roles of body size and experience in agonistic displays of the ozark zigzag salamander, Plethodon angusticlavius

Herpetologica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 344-352

  Mathis, Alicia ^a   Britzke, Eric ^a  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Body size; Experience; Plethodon angusticlavius; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; AMPHIBIAN; BODY SIZE; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; LEARNING;

PLETHODON ANGUSTICLAVIUS;

EID: 0032731134     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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