Faster male lizards are better defenders not sneakers

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1725-1730

  Husak, Jerry F ^a   Fox, Stanley F ^a   Van Den Bussche, Ronald A ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collared lizard; Crotaphytus collaris; cuckoldry; defence; performance; sexual selection; sprint speed

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FITNESS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATERNITY; PREY CAPTURE; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMALIA; CROTAPHYTUS; CROTAPHYTUS COLLARIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 42049106212     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.10.028     Document Type: Article

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