Home-range analysis in Sceloporus undulatus (Eastern Fence Lizard). I. Spacing patterns and the context of territorial behavior

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2003, Pages 99-112

  Haenel, Gregory J ^a,b   Smith, Linda C ^a,c   John Alder, Henry B ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COURTSHIP; HOME RANGE; LIZARD; SPACING; TERRITORIALITY;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; REPTILIA; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0037467048     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2003)003[0099:HRAISU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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