Ecology, life-history, and behavior in the Australian scincid genus Egernia, with comments on the evolution of complex sociality in lizards

Herpetological Monographs

Volumn , Issue 17, 2003, Pages 145-180

  Chapple, David G ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Color pattern polymorphism; Egernia; Habitat use; Herbivory; Life history; Mating systems; Scincidae; Sociality

Indexed keywords

AVES; EGERNIA; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SCATOPHAGUS ARGUS; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141682958     PISSN: 07331347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1655/0733-1347(2003)017[0145:elabit]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Review

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