Do female collared lizards change field use of maximal sprint speed capacity when gravid?

Oecologia

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 339-343

  Husak, Jerry F ^a,b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging; Locomotion; Performance; Predation; Reproduction costs; Tradeoffs

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FIELD METHOD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; PREDATOR;

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIZARD; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RUNNING;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ESCAPE REACTION; FEMALE; LIZARDS; REPRODUCTION; RUNNING;

CROTAPHYTUS; CROTAPHYTUS COLLARIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33750206134     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0513-1     Document Type: Article

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