Olfactory discrimination in scat-piling lizards

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 136-140

  Bull, C Michael ^a   Griffin, Clare L ^a   Johnston, Gregory R ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication; Egernia; Lizards; Recognition; Scats; Skinks

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; LIZARD; OLFACTION;

AUSTRALIA;

EGERNIA INORNATA; EGERNIA STOKESII; EGERNIA STRIOLATA;

EID: 6544294058     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/10.2.136     Document Type: Article

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