Risks associated with predator immobility, movement direction, and turn direction similarly affect pursuit-deterrent signaling and escape by zebra-tailed lizards (Callisaurus draconoides)

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 866-875

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMOBILIZATION; LIZARD; MOVEMENT; PREDATION RISK; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SIGNALING;

CALLISAURUS; CALLISAURUS DRACONOIDES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77958544035     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01801.x     Document Type: Article

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