Male approach and female avoidance as mechanisms of population discrimination in sagebrush lizards

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 655-662

  Bissell, A N ^a,b   Martins, E P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice tests; Geographic differences; Male choice; Mate choice; Population discrimination; Reproductive isolation; Sceloporus graciosus; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LIZARD; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE;

SCELOPORUS GRACIOSUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33747595416     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0209-x     Document Type: Article

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