Scent may signal fighting ability in male Iberian rock lizards

Biology Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-127

  Martín, José ^a   López, Pilar ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chemical signals; Chemoreception; Fighting badges; Male male competition

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CHEMORECEPTION; FIGHTING; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; LIZARD; MALE BEHAVIOR; ODOR; SECRETION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIGHTING; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; PETROSAURUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 44649114771     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2006.0589     Document Type: Article

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