Learning in free-ranging populations of the whiptail lizard Cnemidophorus murinus

Herpetologica

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 38-45

  Schall, Jos J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonaire; Caribbean; Cnemidophorus murinus; Diet selection; Learning; Plant toxins

Indexed keywords

FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; LIZARD;

CNEMIDOPHORUS MURINUS;

EID: 0034098588     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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