Duration of movement as a lizard foraging movement variable

Herpetologica

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 363-372

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Active foraging; Ambush; Foraging mode; Squamata

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; MOVEMENT; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

GEKKONIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33751575082     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/04-36.1     Document Type: Article

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