Home range overlap of mothers and their offspring in the sleepy lizard, Tiliqua rugosa

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 357-362

  Bull, C Michael ^a   Baghurst, Ben C ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Home range; Juveniles; Lizards; Parental care; Tiliqua rugosa

Indexed keywords

HOME RANGE; MOTHER-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; SLEEPY LIZARD;

AUSTRALIA;

TILIQUA RUGOSA;

EID: 2642616238     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050448     Document Type: Article

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