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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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2017 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/152573 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/152573 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Tarentola substituta Reptiles Male–female pairs Thermobiology Refuge sharing Density dependence Cabo Verde |
| Sumario: | [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. |
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