Roles of visual, acoustic, and chemical signals in social interactions of the Tropical House Gecko (Hemidactylus mabouia)

Caribbean Journal of Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 307-320

  Regalado, Rubén ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; CHEMICAL CUE; LIZARD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL CUE;

AMPHIBIA; GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; HEMIDACTYLUS MABOUIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0347300567     PISSN: 00086452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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