Group structure and stability in social aggregations of white's skink, Egernia whitii

Ethology

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 247-257

  Chapple, David G ^a,b   Scott Keogh, J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; GROUP SIZE; LIZARD; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

EGERNIA; EGERNIA WHITII; SCINCIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33645030651     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01153.x     Document Type: Article

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