The varied foraging mode of the subtropical eublepharid gecko Goniurosaurus kuroiwae orientalis

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 119-134

  Werner, Y L ^a,b   Takahashi, H ^a   Yasukawa, Y ^a   Ota, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Eublepharidae; Foraging mode; Geckos; Goniurosaurus kuroiwae orientalis; Japan; Prey detection; Time budget; Tokashikijima

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; TIME ALLOCATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KERAMA ISLANDS; OKINAWA [RYUKYU ISLANDS]; RYUKYU ISLANDS; TOKASHIKI;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; EUBLEPHARIDAE; GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; GONIUROSAURUS KUROIWAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0842330816     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0022293021000045163     Document Type: Article

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