Tail Autotomy in Territorial Salamanders Influences Scent Marking by Residents and Behavioral Responses of Intruders to Resident Chemical Cues

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2004, Pages 165-172

  Wise, Sharon E ^a   Verret, Frank D ^b   Jaeger, Robert G ^c  

^a UTICA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; AMPHIBIAN; AUTOTOMY; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; SCENT MARKING; TERRITORIALITY;

AMPHIBIA; AMPHIUMA MEANS; CAUDATA; PLETHODON; PLETHODON CINEREUS; REPTILIA; SAURURUS CERNUUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 1242298890     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CE-02-124R2     Document Type: Article

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