Spatial awareness by the lizard Anolis cristatellus: Why should a non-ranging species demonstrate homing behavior?

Herpetologica

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 364-371

  Jenssen, Thomas A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Displacement experiment; Homing; Spatial cognition; Squamata

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOMING BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; SPATIAL COGNITION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANOLIS; ANOLIS CRISTATELLUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0036344456     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0364:SABTLA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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