Why do geckos group? An analysis of "social" aggregations in two species of Australian lizards

Herpetologica

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 411-422

  Kearney, M ^a   Shine, R ^a   Comber, S ^a   Pearson, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Australia; Field study; Gecko; Geographic variation; Lizard; Sexual dimorphism; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; LIZARD; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA;

CHRISTINUS MARMORATUS; NEPHRURUS MILII;

EID: 0035666075     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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