Sex and social costs of escaping in the striped plateau lizard Sceloporus virgatus

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 764-768

  Cooper Jr , William E ^a   Wilson, Dawn S ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Escape costs; Flight initiation distance; Predation risk; Sceloporus virgatus; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CONSPECIFIC; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; LIZARD; MATE ATTRACTION; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SEXUAL SELECTION; TRADE-OFF;

SCELOPORUS VIRGATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 34547657487     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arm041     Document Type: Article

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