Effects of gravidity on the locomotor performance and escape behaviour of two lizard populations: The importance of habitat structure

Behaviour

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-150

  Iraeta, Pablo ^a   Salvador, Alfredo ^b   Monasterio, Camila ^a,b   Díaz, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Body temperature; Crypsis; Predator avoidance; Psammodromus algirus; Reproductive costs

Indexed keywords

PSAMMODROMUS ALGIRUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 75449094636     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579509X12512773678411     Document Type: Article

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