Importance of prior physical contact with familiar females in the development of a male courtship and mating preference for unfamiliar females in the lizard Anolis sagrei

Herpetologica

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-124

  Tokarz, Richard R ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Anolis; Anolis sagrei; Copulation; Courtship behavior; Male mating preferences; Mate choice

Indexed keywords

FAMILIARITY; LIZARD; MATE CHOICE; MATE RECOGNITION;

ANOLIS; ANOLIS SAGREI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 33845699441     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/05-71.1     Document Type: Article

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