Familiar-unfamiliar discrimination based on visual cues in the Jacky dragon, Amphibolurus muricatus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-44

  Van Dyk, Daniel A ^a   Evans, Christopher S ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibolurus muricatus; familiar unfamiliar discrimination; individual recognition; Jacky dragon; opponent assessment; territoriality dear enemy effect; video playback; visual cues; visual displays

Indexed keywords

DEAR ENEMY PHENOMENON; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; MORPHOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SIGNAL; TERRITORIALITY; VISUAL CUE;

AGAMIDAE; AMPHIBOLURUS MURICATUS; ANIMALIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34347213439     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.06.018     Document Type: Article

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