Geographic variation in sexual selection among populations of an iguanid lizard, Sauromalus obesus (=ater)

Evolution

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2039-2051

  Kwiatkowski, Matthew A ^a,c   Sullivan, Brian K ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Chuckwalla; Geographic variation; Mate preferences; Population variation; Sauromalus obesus; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

COLOR; DIVERGENCE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; LIZARD; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

ANIMALIA; IGUANIDAE; SAUROMALUS ATER; SAUROMALUS OBESUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 0036807176     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb00130.x     Document Type: Article

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