Does experimentally induced conspicuous coloration increase risk of predation and conspecific aggression in first-year collared lizard males?

Herpetologica

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-38

  Baird, Troy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Coloration; Costs; Crotaphytus collaris; Predation

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COLOR MORPH; CONSPECIFIC; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIZARD; PREDATION RISK; SURVIVORSHIP;

CROTAPHYTUS; CROTAPHYTUS COLLARIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 67149093518     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/08-015R1.1     Document Type: Article

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