Universal optimization of flight initiation distance and habitat-driven variation in escape tactics in a Namibian lizard assemblage

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 661-672

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a   Whiting, Martin J ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT ACTIVITY; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; LIZARD; OPTIMIZATION; PREDATION RISK; REFUGE;

AGAMA PLANICEPS; ANIMALIA; MABUYA; RHOTROPUS; SQUAMATA; TRACHYLEPIS ACUTILABRIS;

EID: 34347267657     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01363.x     Document Type: Article

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