Function of a secondary sexual ornament: The crest in the South American iguanian lizard Microlophus occipitalis (Peters, Tropiduridae)

Herpetologica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 161-169

  Watkins, Graham G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Iwokrama Faunal Survey   (Guyana)

Author keywords

Aggression; Communication; Display; Escalation; Intrasexual selection; Microlophus occipitalis; Ornaments; Sexual Dimorphism; Signaling

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOUR; DISPLAY; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; LIZARD; SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

SOUTH AMERICA;

MICROLOPHUS OCCIPITALIS;

EID: 0031809854     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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