Effects of two courtship display components on female reproductive behaviour and physiology in the sagebrush lizard

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 639-646

  Kelso, Erin C ^a   Martins, Emília P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; courtship; physiology; sagebrush lizard; Sceloporus graciosus; signal evolution

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CONSPECIFIC; COURTSHIP; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; MODELING; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SECRETION; SIGNAL;

SCELOPORUS GRACIOSUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 39049105105     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.07.017     Document Type: Article

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