Movement patterns in lizards: Measurement, modality, and behavioral correlates

Lizard Ecology: The Evolutionary Consequences of Foraging Mode

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 13-48

  Perry, Gad ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511752438.003     Document Type: Chapter

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