A permanent signal related to male pairing success and survival in the lizard Psammodromus algirus

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-120

  Salvador, Alfredo ^a   Veiga, José P ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

COLORATION; PAIRING SUCCESS; PSAMMODROMUS ALGIRUS; SURVIVAL

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; LIZARD; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SIGNALING; SURVIVAL;

PSAMMODROMUS ALGIRUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 66849132067     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853808783431488     Document Type: Article

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