Loss of mating opportunities influences refuge use in the Iberian rock lizard, Lacerta monticola

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 505-510

  Martin J ^a   Lopez P ^a   Cooper, W E ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredatory behavior; Costs of reproduction; Lizards; Mating opportunities; Refuge use

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; LIZARD; MATING BEHAVIOR; PREDATION RISK; REFUGE; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

AMPHIBIA; ARCHAEOLACERTA MONTICOLA; LACERTA; MONTICOLA; PETROSAURUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0141890047     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0659-3     Document Type: Article

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