Experience overrides colour in lizard contests

Behaviour

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 329-350

  Stuart Fox, Devi M ^a,c   Johnston, Gregory R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Agamidae; Experience effect; Male competition; Sexual selection; Signalling

Indexed keywords

AGAMIDAE; CTENOPHORUS DECRESII; SQUAMATA;

EID: 24344486126     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568539053778265     Document Type: Article

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