Lateralization when monitoring predators in the wild: A left eye control in the common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis)

Ethology

Volumn 116, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1226-1233

  Martín, José ^a   López, Pilar ^a   Bonati, Beatrice ^b   Csermely, Davide ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BRAIN; DECISION MAKING; ECTOTHERMY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EYE; LABORATORY METHOD; LIZARD; PERCEPTION; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SPECIALIZATION; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; PODARCIS MURALIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 78349277625     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2010.01836.x     Document Type: Article

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