Tradeoffs between courtship, fighting, and antipredatory behavior by a lizard, Eumeces laticeps

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 54-59

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredatory behavior; Courtship; Eumeces laticeps; Fighting

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; COURTSHIP; FIGHTING; LIZARD; TRADE-OFF;

ANIMALIA; EUMECES LATICEPS; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 12944286548     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050649     Document Type: Article

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