Foraging mode of the chameleon, Bradypodion pumilum: A challenge to the sit-and-wait versus active forager paradigm?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 797-808

  Butler, Marguerite A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL MATHEMATICS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Foraging behaviour; Lag sequential analysis; Life history; Lizards; Movement rates

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR;

BRADYPODION PUMILUM; CHAMAELEONIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 17044362719     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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