Habitat but not body shape affects predator attack frequency on lizard models in the Brazilian Cerrado

Herpetologica

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-202

  Shepard, Donald B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredator defense; Crypsis; Escape behavior; Foraging mode; Predation; Predator prey interactions

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BODY SHAPE; COMPLEXITY; CRYPSIS; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; LIZARD; MODELING; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

BRAZIL; CERRADO; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34547426446     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[193:HBNBSA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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