Do female tree lizards, Urosaurus ornatus, exhibit mate choice?

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 179-186

  Smith, Janel M ^a,b   Zucker, Naida ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SQUAMATA; UROSAURUS ORNATUS;

EID: 0030970374     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565385     Document Type: Article

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