The response of a sleepy lizard social network to altered ecological conditions

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 763-772

  Godfrey, Stephanie S ^a,b   Sih, Andrew ^c   Bull, C Michael ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological variation; Extrapair association; Lizard; Pair bond; Resource availability; Skink; Social network; Temporal network dynamics; Tiliqua rugosa

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; GPS; HOME RANGE; LIZARD; MOVEMENT; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; SQUAMATA; TRACHYDOSAURUS RUGOSUS;

EID: 84884352498     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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