Dawn and dusk "chorus" in visually communicating Jamaican anole lizards

American Naturalist

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 585-592

  Ord, Terry J ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal communication; Anolis; Dawn dusk chorus; Diel patterns; Territory behavior

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; JAMAICA; LIZARD; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TERRITORIALITY; TIME;

ANIMALS; JAMAICA; LIZARDS; MALE; TERRITORIALITY; TIME;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; JAMAICA;

ANIMALIA; ANOLIS; ANOLIS GRAHAMI; ANOLIS LINEATOPUS; ANOLIS OPALINUS; ANOLIS SAGREI; SQUAMATA;

EID: 53149101679     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/590960     Document Type: Article

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