Spatial memory: Are lizards really deficient?

Biology Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 939-941

  Ladage, L D ^a   Roth, T C ^b   Cerjanic, A M ^c   Sinervo, B ^d   Pravosudov, V V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Reno   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Lizards; Spatial memory; Uta stansburiana

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; MATE GUARDING; MEMORY; SPATIAL COGNITION; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 84869859955     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2012.0527     Document Type: Article

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