Sociality in lizards: Why do thick-tailed geckos (Nephrurus milii) aggregate?

Behaviour

Volumn 140, Issue 8-9, 2003, Pages 1039-1052

  Shah, B ^a   Shine, R ^a   Hudson, S ^a   Kearney, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Reptile; Sociality; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346307147     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853903322589632     Document Type: Article

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