%0 Journal Article
%T Sharing refuges on arid islands: ecological and social influence on aggregation behaviour of wall geckos
%A Raquel Vasconcelos
%A Sara Rocha
%A Xavier Santos
%J Archive of "PeerJ".
%D 2017
%R 10.7717/peerj.2802
%X 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
%K Tarentola substituta
%K Reptile
%K Male¨Cfemale pairs
%K Thermobiology
%K Refuge sharing
%K Density-dependent
%K Cabo verde
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5228510/