Prey chemicals do not affect perch choice by an ambushing lizard, Sceloporus malachiticus

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 425-427

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCELOPORUS; SCELOPORUS MALACHITICUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0038011254     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/0022-1511(2003)037[0425:PCDNAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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