Impact of tail loss on the behaviour and locomotor performance of two sympatric lampropholis skink species

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Cromie, Gillian L ^a   Chapple, David G ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; LAMPROPHOLIS DELICATA; LAMPROPHOLIS GUICHENOTI; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TAIL; ANIMAL; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGENERATION; SYMPATRY;

LAMPROPHOLIS; LAMPROPHOLIS DELICATA; LAMPROPHOLIS GUICHENOTI; SQUAMATA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ESCAPE REACTION; LIZARDS; LOCOMOTION; MALE; REGENERATION; SYMPATRY; TAIL;

EID: 84859851336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034732     Document Type: Article

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