Response of monitor lizards (Varanus spp.) to a repeated food source; evidence for association learning?

Herpetological Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 84, 2003, Pages 1-4

  Firth, Irene ^a   Turner, Marie ^a   Robinson, Mikaela ^a   Meek, Roger ^a,b  

^a Huddersfield Technical College   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (France)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SQUAMATA; VARANUS;

EID: 0242579535     PISSN: 14730928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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