Effects of color, shape and location on detection of cactus fruits by a lizard

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 306-309

  Vasconcellos Neto, Joào ^a   De Souza, Andréa L T ^a   Guimaràes, Marilia M ^b   De Faria, Deborah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0034117662     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565432     Document Type: Article

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