Mating asynchrony favors no assortative mating by size and serial-type polygyny in common chameleons, Chamaeleo chamaeleon

Herpetologica

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 523-530

  Cuadrado, Mariano ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Lizards; Mating asynchrony; Serial polygyny; Size assortment

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; LIZARD; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

CHAMAELEO CHAMAELEON;

EID: 0033380606     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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