Chemosensory responses to sugar and fat by the omnivorous lizard Gallotia caesaris: With behavioral evidence suggesting a role for gustation

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 509-516

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a   Pérez Mellado, Valentín ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Behavior; Chemical senses; Feeding; Gustation; Lacertidae; Reptilia; Squamata; Tongue; Vomerolfaction

Indexed keywords

FAT; SUCROSE; SUGAR; WATER;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BITE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; LICKING; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SMELLING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TONGUE;

EID: 0034910775     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9384(01)00488-7     Document Type: Article

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