Refuge use: A conflict between avoiding predation and losing mass in lizards

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 90, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 334-343

  Amo, Luisa ^a   López, Pilar ^a   Martín, José ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antipredatory behavior; Health state; Immunocompetence; Parasites; Refuge use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FIELD STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT USE; HEALTH STATUS; IBEROLACERTA CYRENI; LIZARD; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES HABITAT; SPECIES REFUGE; TOURISM;

EID: 33846573353     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.09.035     Document Type: Article

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