A dual status-signalling system: A matter of redundancy or differing roles?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 15-22

  Zucker, Naida ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; LIZARD; SIGNAL; STATUS SIGNAL; TREE LIZARD;

SQUAMATA; UROSAURUS ORNATUS;

EID: 0028176822     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1994.1003     Document Type: Article

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