Do mountain log skinks (Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii) modify their behaviour in the presence of two predators?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 185-189

  Stapley, Jessica ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drysdalia; Multiple predators; Predator avoidance; Scincidae

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; LIZARD; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

AVES; DRYSDALIA; PSEUDEMOIA ENTRECASTEAUXII; SCINCIDAE; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 3042530027     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-004-0771-z     Document Type: Article

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