Flat lizard female mimics use sexual deception in visual but not chemical signals

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1662, 2009, Pages 1585-1591

  Whiting, Martin J ^a   Webb, Jonathan K ^b   Keogh, J Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chemical signal; Female mimicry; Lizard; Multiple signals; Signal deception; Visual signal

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CHEMICAL CUE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; COPULATION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; MIMICRY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PREDATION RISK; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNALING; VISUAL CUE; WILD POPULATION;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHEMICAL CUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALIA; SQUAMATA;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; PHEROMONES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 66349111426     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1822     Document Type: Article

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