Thermal cost of refuge use affects refuge entry and hiding time by striped plateau lizards sceloporus virgatus

Herpetologica

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 406-412

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a   Wilson, Dawn S ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b Southwestern Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredatory behavior; Emergence time; Foraging mode; Hiding time; Refuge entry; Squamata

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BODY TEMPERATURE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIZARD; REFUGE;

LACERTIDAE; PHRYNOSOMATINAE; SCELOPORUS VIRGATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 67149116660     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/07-083R2.1     Document Type: Article

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