Agonistic interactions in a Liolaemus lizard: Structure of head bob displays

Herpetologica

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-18

  Labra, Antonieta ^a,c   Carazo, Pau ^b   Desfilis, Ester ^b   Font, Enrique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Agonistic interactions; Head bobs; Liolaemus; Opponent assessment; Tongue flicks

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; DOMINANCE; FIGHTING; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIZARD; SIGNAL;

IGUANIA; LIOLAEMUS; LIOLAEMUS LEMNISCATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34247585551     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/0018-0831(2007)63[11:AIIALL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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