Interpopulation Variation in the Social Organization of Female Collared Lizards, Crotaphytus collaris

Ethology

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 879-894

  Baird, Troy A ^a   Sloan, Chris L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INTERPOPULATION VARIATION; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; LIZARD; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ARTHROPODA; CROTAPHYTUS; CROTAPHYTUS COLLARIS; PERCIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0345447011     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0179-1613.2003.00925.x     Document Type: Article

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