Territorial behavior in the Australian scincid lizard Ctenotus fallens

Herpetologica

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 352-361

  Jennings, W Bryan ^a   Thompson, Graham G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavior; Bite scar; Ctenotus fallens; Lizards; Sauria; Tail autotomy

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIZARD; TERRITORIALITY;

AUSTRALIA;

CTENOTUS FALLENS;

EID: 0032745963     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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