Risk factors affecting escape behaviour by Puerto Rican Anolis lizards

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 495-504

  Cooper Jr , W E ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; REGIONAL PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ARBOREAL SPECIES; ECOMORPHS; PUERTO RICAN ANOLIS LIZARDS; RISK FACTORS;

BIODIVERSITY;

ARBOREAL SPECIES; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; PREDATION RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

ANOLIS; ANOLIS GUNDLACHI; ANOLIS STRATULUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33745930501     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-018     Document Type: Article

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