Do male veiled chameleons, Chamaeleo calyptratus, adjust their courtship displays in response to female reproductive status?

Ethology

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 495-512

  Kelso, Erin C ^a,b   Verrell, Paul A ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COURTSHIP; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS;

AMPHIBIA; CHAMAELEO; CHAMAELEO CALYPTRATUS; CHAMAELEONIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036282563     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2002.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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