Comparisons of temporal display structure across contexts and populations in male Anolis carolinensis: Signal stability or lability?

Herpetologica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 222-234

  Lovern, Matthew B ^a   Jenssen, Thomas A ^a   Orrell, Kimberly S ^a   Tuchak, Travis ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anolis carolinensis; Communication; Display; Intraspecific variation; Sauria

Indexed keywords

LIZARD; MALE BEHAVIOR; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 0032825133     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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