Size constraints and the evolution of display complexity: Why do large lizards have simple displays?

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 145-161

  Ord, Terry J ^a,c   Blumstein, Daniel T ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body size; Evolution; Lizard; Signal complexity; The comparative method; Visual communication

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION; SIGNALING;

IGUANIA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0036585597     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00058.x     Document Type: Article

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