Sharing refuges on arid islands: ecological and social influence on aggregation behaviour of wall geckos

[Background] The extent of social behaviour among reptiles is underappreciated. Two types of aggregations are recognized in lizards: ecological and social, i.e., related to the attraction to a site or to animals of the same species, respectively. As most lizards are territorial, aggregations increas...

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Autores: Vasconcelos, Raquel, Rocha, Sara, Santos, Xavier
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/152573
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/152573
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Tarentola substituta
Reptiles
Male–female pairs
Thermobiology
Refuge sharing
Density dependence
Cabo Verde
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Resumo:[Background] The extent of social behaviour among reptiles is underappreciated. Two types of aggregations are recognized in lizards: ecological and social, i.e., related to the attraction to a site or to animals of the same species, respectively. As most lizards are territorial, aggregations increase the probability of aggressive interactions among individuals, a density-dependent behaviour.