Mechanistic and experimental analysis of condition and reproduction in a polymorphic lizard

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1034-1047

  Svensson, E I ^a,b   Sinervo, B ^a   Comendant, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adaptive peaks; Competition; Endocrinology; Epistatic selection; Frequency dependent selection; Phenotypic integration; Polymorphism; Social environment

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; GENETIC VARIATION; LIZARD; REPRODUCTION; TRADE-OFF;

SQUAMATA; UTA; UTA STANSBURIANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036844687     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2002.00452.x     Document Type: Article

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