Fight versus flight: the interaction of temperature and body size determines antipredator behaviour in tegu lizards

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-88

  Cury de Barros, Fábio ^a   Eduardo de Carvalho, José ^b   Abe, Augusto Shinya ^c   Kohlsdorf, Tiana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

aggressive response; antipredator behaviour; body size; escape response; tegu lizard; temperature; Tupinambis merianae

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY SIZE; BODY TEMPERATURE; ECTOTHERMY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FIGHTING; FLIGHT; FLY; LIZARD; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ANIMALIA; SQUAMATA; TUPINAMBIS MERIANAE; TUPINAMBIS NIGROPUNCTATUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 72149091976     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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