Island tameness: Living on islands reduces flight initiation distance

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1777, 2014, Pages

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a   Pyron, R Alexander ^b   Garland Jr , Theodore ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antipredatory behaviour; Body size; Escape behaviour; Flight initiation distance; Island tameness; Lizard

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BODY SIZE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FLIGHT; LIZARD; NATURAL SELECTION; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

EID: 84891872461     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.3019     Document Type: Article

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