Conspicuousness of Dickerson's collared lizard (Crotaphytus dickersonae) through the eyes of conspecifics and predators

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 749-765

  MacEdonia, Joseph M ^a,i   Lappin, A Kristopher ^b   Loew, Ellis R ^c   McGuire, Jimmy A ^d   Hamilton, Paul S ^a   Plasman, Melissa ^e   Brandt, Yoni ^f,j   Lemos Espinal, Julio A ^g   Kemp, Darrell J ^h  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^h JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ FLORIDA SOUTHERN COLLEGE   (United States)

^j University of South Dakota   (United States)

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Author keywords

Coloration; Predation pressure; Sensory drive; Spectral sensitivity; Visual ecology

Indexed keywords

DESERT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; LIZARD; MALE BEHAVIOR; PIGMENT; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

AVES; CROTAPHYTUS; CROTAPHYTUS COLLARIS; HEXAPODA; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA;

EID: 68349157243     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01217.x     Document Type: Article

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