Tradeoffs between escape behavior and foraging opportunity by the balearic lizard (Podarcis lilfordi)

Herpetologica

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 321-324

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a   Peréz Mellado, Valentín ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Escape behavior; Optimal escape theory; Podarcis lilfordi; Squamata; Trade offs

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; TRADE-OFF;

AMPHIBIA; PODARCIS; PODARCIS LILFORDI; PYRUS COMMUNIS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 4544242110     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/04-20     Document Type: Article

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