Are fleeing "noisy" lizards signalling to predators?

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 95-100

  Martin J ^a   Lopez P ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antipredator behaviour; Escape behaviour; Lizards; Psammodromus algirus; Pursuit deterrence signals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035013426     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s102110000030     Document Type: Article

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