Beyond 'nasty neighbours' and 'dear enemies'? Individual recognition by scent marks in a lizard (Podarcis hispanica)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1953-1963

  Carazo, P ^a   Font, E ^a   Desfilis, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

dear enemy; Iberian wall lizard; individual recognition; Podarcis hispanica; scent mark; territoriality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; LIZARD; SCENT MARKING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

LACERTIDAE; PODARCIS; PODARCIS HISPANICA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 56049096443     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.08.018     Document Type: Article

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