Spatial and social organization in a burrow-dwelling lizard (Phrynocephalus vlangalii) from China.

Shared ecological resources such as burrow complexes can set the stage for social groupings and the evolution of more complex social behavior such as parental care. Paternity testing is increasingly revealing cases of kin-based groupings, and lizards may be a good system to inform on the early evolu...

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Main Authors: Yin Qi, Daniel W A Noble, Jinzhong Fu, Martin J Whiting
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3402523?pdf=render