State-dependent and risk-sensitive escape decisions in a fossorial reptile, the amphisbaenian Blanus cinereus

Herpetological Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-32

  Martín, José ^a   López, Pilar ^a   Barbosa, Andrés ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blanus cinereus; Escape behaviour; Fossorial reptile; Predation

Indexed keywords

BLANUS CINEREUS;

EID: 0342368818     PISSN: 02680130     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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