Balancing the thermal costs and benefits of refuge use to cope with persistent attacks from predators: A model and an experiment with an alpine lizard

Evolutionary Ecology Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-35

  Polo, Vicente ^a   López, Pilar ^a   Martín, José ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Costs of refuge use; Lacerta monticola; Lizards; Predation risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 14844358672     PISSN: 15220613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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