The relationship between dewlap size and performance changes with age and sex in a Green Anole (Anolis carolinensis) lizard population

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 157-165

  Vanhooydonck, Bieke ^a,b   Herrel, Anthony ^a,b   Van Damme, Raoul ^b   Meyers, J Jay ^c   Irschick, Duncan J ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Intrapopulational differences; Ornaments; Performance; Selection

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; INTRAPOPULATION VARIATION; LIZARD; ORNAMENTATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 27744465108     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0022-y     Document Type: Article

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