Recent physical encounters affect chemically mediated retreat-site selection in a gecko

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 68-75

  Kondo, Junko ^a   Downes, Sharon J ^a,b   Keogh, Scott J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CHEMICAL CUE; CHEMORECEPTION; CONSPECIFIC; HABITAT SELECTION; LIZARD; MICROHABITAT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; GEKKO; GEKKONIDAE; OEDURA LESUEURII; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33846281908     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2006.01293.x     Document Type: Article

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