Vitamin D supplementation increases the attractiveness of males' scent for female Iberian rock lizards

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 273, Issue 1601, 2006, Pages 2619-2624

  Martín, José ^a   López, Pilar ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemical signals; Lizards; Mate choice; Sexual selection; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; CHOLESTEROL; STEROID; VITAMIN D;

DIET; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIZARD; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE ATTRACTION; SCENT MARKING; SEXUAL SELECTION; VITAMIN;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; LIZARD; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL SELECTION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEOLACERTA MONTICOLA; PETROSAURUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33750024535     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3619     Document Type: Article

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