Ultraviolet signals ultra-aggression in a lizard

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 353-363

  Whiting, Martin J ^a   Stuart Fox, Devi M ^a   O'Connor, David ^b   Firth, David ^c   Bennett, Nigel C ^d   Blomberg, Simon P ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FIGHTING; LIZARD; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SIGNAL; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; TESTOSTERONE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALIA; PLATYSAURUS BROADLEYI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33746644523     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.10.018     Document Type: Article

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