Flight initiation distance decreases during social activity in lizards (Sceloporus virgatus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1765-1771

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a  

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

Author keywords

Escape behavior; Flight initiation distance; Social behavior; Squamata

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; COURTSHIP; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

SCELOPORUS VIRGATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77952668342     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0799-1     Document Type: Article

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