Effects of Female Presence on Intrasexual Aggression in Male Lizards, Podarcis hispanicus

Aggressive Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 491-498

  López, Pilar ^a   Martín, José ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agonistic behavior; Female presence; Lizards; Resource value

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141942133     PISSN: 0096140X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ab.10026     Document Type: Article

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