Stable social aggregations in an Australian lizard, Egernia stokesii

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 424-427

  Duffield, Glen A ^a   Bull, Michael C ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; PARENTAL CARE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; EVOLUTION; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AUSTRALIA; CAMEL HILL; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; CAMELIDAE; CYGNUS; EGERNIA; EGERNIA STOKESII; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036751736     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-002-0346-7     Document Type: Article

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