Opponent assessment in lizards: Examining the effect of aggressive and submissive signals

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 895-901

  Van Dyk, Daniel A ^a   Evans, Christopher S ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amphibolurus; Interactive playback; Signalling; Submissive display; Threat display

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BIOMONITORING; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; DIVERGENCE; FIGHTING; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; SIGNAL;

AMPHIBOLURUS; AMPHIBOLURUS MURICATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 47649117274     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn052     Document Type: Article

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