Conditions favoring anticipatory and reactive displays deflecting predatory attack

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 598-604

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredatory behavior; Autotomy; Deflective displays; Eumeces laticeps; Lizards; Parasematism

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEFLECTION; PREDATION;

EUMECES LATICEPS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 7844234744     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.6.598     Document Type: Article

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