Chemical stimuli mediate species recognition in Podarcis wall lizards

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2021, Pages 257-263

  Barbosa, Diana ^a,b   Desfilis, Ester ^a   Carretero, Miguel A ^b   Font, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PODARCIS; SQUAMATA;

LIZARD; RECOGNITION;

EID: 23644457465     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568538054253447     Document Type: Note

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