When to come out from a refuge: Balancing predation risk and foraging opportunities in an alpine lizard

Ethology

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 77-87

  Martín, José ^a   López, Pilar ^a   Cooper Jr , William E ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; LIZARD; PREDATION RISK; REFUGE;

AMPHIBIA; ARCHAEOLACERTA MONTICOLA; LACERTA; MONTICOLA; PETROSAURUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0037237636     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2003.00855.x     Document Type: Article

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