When to be neighbourly: Differential agonistic responses in the lizard Platysaurus broadleyi

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 210-214

  Whiting, Martin J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Transvaal Museum   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dear enemy phenomenon; Platysaurus broadleyi; Rival recognition; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; FAMILIARITY; LIZARD; TERRITORIALITY;

PLATYSAURUS BROADLEYI;

EID: 0032866529     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050611     Document Type: Article

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