Form Emergence and Fixation of Head Bobbing Displays in the Green Anole Lizard (Anolis carolinensis): A Reptilian Model of Signal Ontogeny

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-141

  Lovern, Matthew B ^a   Jenssen, Thomas A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAD; LIZARD; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; HEAD; LIZARDS; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0242557655     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.117.2.133     Document Type: Article

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