Compensatory changes in escape and refuge use following autotomy in the lizard Sceloporus virgatus

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 99-107

  Cooper Jr , W E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ANTIPREDATORY STRATEGIES; AUTOTOMY; FLIGHT INITIATION DISTANCE; LIZARDS;

BIODIVERSITY;

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; AUTOTOMY; COMPENSATION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; PREDATION RISK; REFUGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

SCELOPORUS VIRGATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34248590287     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-200     Document Type: Article

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