Signalling displays during predator-prey interactions in a Puerto Rican anole, Anolis cristatellus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1147-1154

  Leal, Manuel ^a,c   Rodríguez Robles, Javier A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRESTED ANOLE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SIGNALLING;

ANIMALIA; ANOLIS CRISTATELLUS; CTENONOTUS CRISTATELLUS; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 18244418795     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0572     Document Type: Article

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