Hormones, sexual signals, and performance of green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis)

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 360-367

  Husak, Jerry F ^a,b   Irschick, Duncan J ^b   Meyers, Jay J ^b   Lailvaux, Simon P ^c   Moore, Ignacio T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anolis carolinensis; Bite force; Corticosterone; Performance; Sexual selection; Signals; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOLIS CAROLINENSIS; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BREEDING; CEPHALOMETRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEWLAP SIZE; FIGHTING; HORMONE RELEASE; LIZARD; MALE; MASTICATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY; THROAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; CORTICOSTERONE; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; PHENOTYPE; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; TERRITORIALITY; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 34547958402     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2007.05.014     Document Type: Article

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