Links between male quality, male chemical signals, and female mate choice in Iberian Rock Lizards

Functional Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1087-1096

  Martin J ^a   Lopez P ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemoreception; Fluctuating asymmetry; Immune response; Sexual selection; Steroids

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CUE; CHEMORECEPTION; ERGOSTEROL; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; SCENT MARKING; SEXUAL SELECTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PETROSAURUS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33750684975     PISSN: 02698463     EISSN: 13652435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2435.2006.01183.x     Document Type: Article

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