The relationship between ontogenetic habitat shifts, competition and predator avoidance in a juvenile lizard (Anolis aeneus)

Judy A. Stamps

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journal article Mar 01, 1983

The relationship between ontogenetic habitat shifts, competition and predator avoidance in a juvenile lizard (Anolis aeneus)

Judy A. Stamps

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Vol. 12 No. 1 pp. 19-33 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Judy A. Stamps (1983). The relationship between ontogenetic habitat shifts, competition and predator avoidance in a juvenile lizard (Anolis aeneus). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 12(1), 19-33. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00296929

The relationship between ontogenetic habitat shifts, competition and predator avoidance in a juvenile lizard (Anolis aeneus)

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