Beyond optimal escape theory: Microhabitats as well as predation risk affect escape and refuge use by the phrynosomatid lizard Sceloporus virgatus

Behaviour

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1235-1254

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a   Wilson, Dawn S ^b  

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

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Escape behaviour; Escape tactics; Flight initiation distance; Predation risk; Refuge use; Squamata

Indexed keywords

PHRYNOSOMATINAE; SCELOPORUS VIRGATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34548679116     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853907781890940     Document Type: Article

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