Morphological traits affect escape behaviour of the Balearic lizards (Podarcis lilfordi)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 587-592

  Hawlena, Dror ^a   Pérez Mellado, Valentín ^b   Cooper Jr , William E ^c  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Antipredatory behaviour; Escape; Flight initiation distance; Predation risk; Refuge; Squamata

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; PREDATION RISK; REFUGE; REGENERATION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

PODARCIS LILFORDI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 76749147416     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853809789647167     Document Type: Conference Paper

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