Kin presence drives philopatry and social aggregation in juvenile Desert Night Lizards (Xantusia vigilis)

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-24

  Davis, Alison R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cross fostering; dispersal; kin sociality; night lizard; Xantusia vigilis

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; JUVENILE; KIN SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; PHILOPATRY;

SQUAMATA; XANTUSIA VIGILIS; XANTUSIIDAE;

EID: 84555204665     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr144     Document Type: Article

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