Throat colour reliably signals status in male tree lizards, Urosaurus ornatus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 745-753

  Thompson, Christopher W ^a   Moore, Michael C ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOUR; LIZARD; SIGNAL; TREE LIZARD;

UROSAURUS ORNATUS;

EID: 0026312666     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3472(05)80120-4     Document Type: Article

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