Behavioural flexibility and problem-solving in a tropical lizard

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 28-30

  Leal, Manuel ^a   Powell, Brian J ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anolis; Behavioural flexibility; Cognition; Evolution; Radiation; Reptile

Indexed keywords

ARBOREAL SPECIES; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COGNITION; ECTOTHERMY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT TYPE; LEARNING; LIZARD; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TROPICAL REGION;

ANOLIS; ANOLIS EVERMANNI; AVES; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84856290122     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0480     Document Type: Article

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