Know when to run, know when to hide: Can behavioral differences explain the divergent invasion success of two sympatric lizards?

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 278-289

  Chapple, David G ^a   Simmonds, Sarah M ^a   Wong, Bob B M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exploratory behavior; Introduction process; Invasion ecology; Lampropholis; Propagule pressure; Social tendency

Indexed keywords

LAMPROPHOLIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84455180903     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.22     Document Type: Article

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