Ultraviolet signals fighting ability in a lizard

Biology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-172

  Stapley, Jessica ^a,b   Whiting, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Communication; Male male competition; Platysaurus broadleyi; Sexual selection; Status signal; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); FIGHTING; LIZARD; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE CHOICE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIGHTING; LIZARD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

PLATYSAURUS BROADLEYI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33745313350     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2005.0419     Document Type: Article

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