Shouting the odds: Vocalization signals status in a lizard

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1169-1176

  Hibbitts, Toby J ^a,b   Whiting, Martin J ^a   Stuart Fox, Devi M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Breeding success; Home range size; Lizard; Male contests; Multiple signals; Sensory modalities

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; BODY SIZE; CONTEST COMPETITION; HOME RANGE; LIZARD; MALE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; VISUAL CUE; VOCALIZATION;

GARRULUS; GEKKONIDAE; PTENOPUS GARRULUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34248392135     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-006-0330-x     Document Type: Article

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