Microhabitat choice in island lizards enhances camouflage against avian predators

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Marshall, Kate L A ^a   Philpot, Kate E ^b   Stevens, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; ECOLOGY; FEMALE; LIZARD; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MALE; MICROHABITAT; NONHUMAN; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR; REST; ANIMAL; DECISION MAKING; ECOSYSTEM; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; ISLANDS; LIZARDS; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84955512955     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep19815     Document Type: Article

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