Group location in the group-living lizard, Cordylus cataphractus: The significance of occupancy and a group signal

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 329-335

  Hayward, Jeannie ^a   Mouton, P Le Fras N ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; CONSPECIFIC; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HABITAT SELECTION; HOMING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LABORATORY METHOD; LIZARD; SECRETION; SIGNALING;

CORDYLIDAE; CORDYLUS CATAPHRACTUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34547950782     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853807781374845     Document Type: Article

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