Discrimination of prey, but not plant, chemicals by actively foraging, insectivorous lizards, the lacertid Takydromus sexlineatus and the teiid Cnemidophorus gularis

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1623-1634

  Cooper, William E ^a   Paulissen, Mark A ^b   Habegger, Jason J ^a  

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

^b MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Chemical senses; Cnemidophorus gularis; Diet; Lacertidae; Squamata; Takydromus sexlineatus; Teiidae; Tongue flicking

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; CHEMICAL ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; PREY LOCATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; INSECTIVORE; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PREDATOR; STIMULATION;

CNEMIDOPHORUS GULARIS; TAKYDROMUS SEXLINEATUS;

EID: 0343953367     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005534828701     Document Type: Article

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