Fleeing to unsafe refuges: Effects of conspicuousness and refuge safety on the escape decisions of the lizard Psammodromus algirus

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 265-270

  Martín, José ^a   López, Pilar ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; REFUGE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; PSAMMODROMUS ALGIRUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0039172925     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z99-212     Document Type: Article

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