Female mountain log skinks are more likely to mate with males that court more, not males that are dominant

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 529-538

  Stapley, Jessica ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

body size; female resistance; information theoretic; male coloration; male traits; mate preference; mountain log skink; Pseudemoia entrecasteauxii

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); COURTSHIP; DOMINANCE; EVOLUTION; FECUNDITY; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; REPTILE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

PSEUDEMOIA ENTRECASTEAUXII; SCINCIDAE;

EID: 38649091051     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.05.017     Document Type: Article

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