Spatial and social organization in a burrow-dwelling lizard (Phrynocephalus vlangalii) from China

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Qi, Yin ^a   Noble, Daniel W A ^b,c   Fu, Jinzhong ^a,c   Whiting, Martin J ^b  

^a CHENGDU INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (China)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; BURROWING SPECIES; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LIZARD; MALE; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PHRYNOCEPHALUS VLANGALII; PROGENY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHINA; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR;

PHRYNOCEPHALUS VLANGALII; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84864206600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041130     Document Type: Article

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