Intrasexual selection predicts the evolution of signal complexity in lizards

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1468, 2001, Pages 737-744

  Ord, T J ^a   Blumstein, D T ^a   Evans, C S ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evolution; Sexual selection; Sexual size dimorphism; Signal complexity; The comparative method; Visual communication

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EVOLUTION; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; LIZARD; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SIGNALING;

ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVOLUTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SELECTION; HERMAPHRODITISM; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0035820280     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1417     Document Type: Article

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