Differential avoidance responses to chemical cues from familiar and unfamiliar conspecifics by male Iberian Rock Lizards (Lacerta monticola)

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 583-585

  Aragón, Pedro ^a,b   López, Pilar ^b   Martín, José ^a  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLACERTA MONTICOLA; LACERTA; LACERTA MONTICOLA; MONTICOLA; PETROSAURUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0141573277     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1670/192-02N     Document Type: Article

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