High antipredatory efficiency of insular lizards: A warning signal of excessive specimen collection?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Delibes, Miguel ^a   de Carmen Blázquez, Maríal ^b   Soriano, Laura ^a   Revilla, Eloy ^a   Godoy, José Antonio ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASPIDOSCELIS HYPERYTHRA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HABITUATION; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR AVOIDANCE; RARE SPECIES; UNITED STATES; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

SQUAMATA;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; LIZARDS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84555191307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029312     Document Type: Article

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