The importance of soil moisture and leaf cover in a female lizard's (Norops polylepis) evaluation of potential oviposition sites

Herpetologica

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 233-240

  Socci, Anne M ^a   Schlaepfer, Martin A ^a,b   Gavin, Thomas A ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anolis; Incubation; Nest site selection; Norops polylepis; Ovipositioning behavior; Perceptual cues; Squamata

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; INCUBATION; LEAF LITTER; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; NEST SITE; OVIPOSITION; SITE SELECTION; SOIL MOISTURE;

ANOLIS; NOROPS; POLYCHROTINAE; POLYLEPIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33751562262     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/04-67.1     Document Type: Article

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