Body condition and order of arrival affect cooperative nesting behaviour in four-toed salamanders Hemidactylium scutatum

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 229-233

  Harris, Reid N ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body condition; four toed salamander; Hemidactylium scutatum; joint nesting; Plethodontidae

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BODY CONDITION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

HEMIDACTYLIUM; HEMIDACTYLIUM SCUTATUM; PLETHODONTIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 37349008191     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.04.029     Document Type: Article

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