Boldness and body size of male Spanish terrapins affect their responses to chemical cues of familiar and unfamiliar males

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 541-548

  Ibáñez, Alex ^a   Marzal, Alfonso ^b   López, Pilar ^a   Martín, José ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boldness; Chemical cues; Familiar recognition; Intrasexual competition; Size

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY SIZE; CHEMICAL CUE; CONSPECIFIC; ESTIMATION METHOD; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; MALE BEHAVIOR; TURTLE;

SPAIN;

EMYDIDAE; MAUREMYS LEPROSA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 84874933194     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1473-6     Document Type: Article

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