Locomotor performance and dominance in male Tree Lizards, Urosaurus ornatus

Functional Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 338-344

  Robson, M A ^a,b   Miles, D B ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Social dominance

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION;

EID: 0033846825     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2435.2000.00427.x     Document Type: Article

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