Body colors indicate the reproductive status of female common chameleons: Experimental evidence for the intersex communication function

Ethology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 79-91

  Cuadrado, Mariano ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR; COMMUNICATION; INTERSEXUAL INTERACTION; LIZARD; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

CHAMAELEO CHAMAELEON;

EID: 0033965907     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2000.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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