Lizard threat display handicaps endurance

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 270, Issue 1519, 2003, Pages 1061-1068

  Brandt, Y ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Endurance; Handicap; Lizard; Signalling; Threat display; Uta stansburiana

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; BODY CONDITION; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; HONEST SIGNALING; LIZARD;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ENDURANCE; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; UTA STANSBURIANA;

EID: 0037854304     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2343     Document Type: Article

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