Thermal dependence of chemical assessment of predation risk affects the ability of wall lizards, Podarcis muralis, to avoid unsafe refuges

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 913-918

  Amo, Luisa ^a   López, Pilar ^a   Martín, José ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Chemical senses; Ectotherms; Predation risk; Refuge use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONELLA AUSTRIACA; LIZARD; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PODARCIS MURALIS; PREDATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY SYSTEM; SNAKE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 4644221949     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2004.07.013     Document Type: Article

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