Ecological consequences of agonistic interactions in lizards

Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1650-1659

  Langkilde, Tracy ^a   Lance, Valentine A ^b   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Agonistic behavior; Behavioral flexibility; Egernia saxatilis; Eulamprus heatwolei; Habitat exclusion; Interspecific; Intraspecific; Scincid lizards; Shelter; Shelter sites; Skink

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIZARD;

ANIMALIA; EGERNIA; EGERNIA SAXATILIS; EULAMPRUS; EULAMPRUS HEATWOLEI; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 20444425683     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1331     Document Type: Article

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