Repeated exposure and handling effects on the escape response of fence lizards to encounters with invasive fire ants

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 291-298

  Langkilde, Tracy ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aggressive; behaviour; fence lizard; fire ant; habituation; invasion; learning; Sceloporus undulatus; Solenopsis invicta; stress

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANT; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; JUVENILE; LIZARD;

FORMICIDAE; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 74649085007     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.10.028     Document Type: Article

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