Sex, drugs, and mating role: Testosterone-induced phenotype-switching in Galapagos marine iguanas

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 260-268

  Wikelski, Martin ^a   Steiger, Silke S ^b   Gall, Bernhard ^c   Nelson, Karin N ^d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^c University of Illinois ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Activation organization of phenotypes; Mating strategies; Relative plasticity hypothesis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SNEAK COPULATION; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE;

ECUADOR; GALAPAGOS ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

IGUANA; IGUANIA; SQUAMATA; TRIXIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12244266679     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh160     Document Type: Article

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