Trade-offs in the choice of refuges by common wall lizards: Do thermal costs affect preferences for predator-free refuges?

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 897-901

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

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ODOR CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

PREDATION-RISK COSTS; PREDATORS; SUBOPTIMAL TEMPERATURES; THERMAL SUITABILITY;

BIODIVERSITY;

CHEMICAL CUE; HABITAT USE; LIZARD; PREDATION RISK; REFUGE; THERMOREGULATION; TRADE-OFF;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; PODARCIS; PODARCIS MURALIS; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 6344248966     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z04-065     Document Type: Article

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