Age, sex and escape behaviour in the Striped Plateau Lizard (Sceloporus virgatus) and the Mountain Spiny Lizard (S. jarrovii), with a review of age and sex effects on escape by lizards

Behaviour

Volumn 148, Issue 11-13, 2011, Pages 1215-1238

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a  

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

Author keywords

antipredatory behaviour; escape behaviour; flight initiation distance; predation risk; refuge use; Squamata

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455166620     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579511X598334     Document Type: Review

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