Following trails of partners in the monogamous lizard, Tiliqua rugosa

Acta Ethologica

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 25-28

  Bull, C Michael ^a   Lindle, Christian ^a,b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Lizards; Monogamy; Tiliqua rugosa; Trail following

Indexed keywords

SQUAMATA; TILIQUA; TRACHYDOSAURUS RUGOSUS;

EID: 0038199845     PISSN: 08739749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10211-002-0063-4     Document Type: Article

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