Courtship attention in sagebrush lizards varies with male identity and female reproductive state

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1326-1332

  Ruiz, Mayté ^a   Davis, Erica ^a   Martins, Emília P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Courtship; Male choice; Mate choice; Reproductive state; Sceloporus graciosus; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FITNESS; LIZARD; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

SCELOPORUS GRACIOSUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 56449098817     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arn072     Document Type: Article

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