Does reproductive state affect a lizard's behavior toward predator chemical cues?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 444-450

  Downes, Sharon J ^a,b   Bauwens, Dirk ^a  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anti predator behavior; Chemoreception; Lizard; Reproduction; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; LIZARD; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; THERMOREGULATION;

AMPHIBIA; CORONELLA; CORONELLA AUSTRIACA; CORONILLA; PODARCIS; PODARCIS SICULA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036872069     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0538-3     Document Type: Article

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