Crypsis influences escape decisions in the Round-tailed Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma modestum)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1003-1010

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a   Sherbrooke, Wade C ^b  

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

^b Southwestern Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY TEMPERATURE; CRYPSIS; ECTOTHERMY; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; LIZARD; MOVEMENT; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

PHRYNOSOMA MODESTUM; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77958549186     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: 14803283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z10-068     Document Type: Article

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