The cost of producing a sexual signal: Testosterone increases the susceptibility of male lizards to ectoparasitic infestation

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 145-150

  Salvador, Alfredo ^a   Veiga, Jose P ^a   Martin, Jose ^a,b   Lopez, Pilar ^a,d   Abelenda, Maria ^c   Puerta, Marisa ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Parasites; Psammodromus algirus; Secondary sexual characters; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ECTOPARASITE; HORMONE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; SIGNAL; TESTOSTERONE; TICK;

LACERTIDAE; PSAMMODROMUS ALGIRU;

EID: 0029750289     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.2.145     Document Type: Article

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