Female-specific ornamentation predicts offspring quality in the striped plateau lizard, Sceloporus virgatus

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1063-1071

  Weiss, Stacey L ^a   Kennedy, Eileen A ^a   Bernhard, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Female ornaments; Indicator mechanisms; Male mate choice; Maternal effects; Nuptial coloration; Sexual selection; Sprint speed

Indexed keywords

ASSORTATIVE MATING; BODY CONDITION; COLOR; FITNESS; HONEST SIGNALING; LIZARD; MATE CHOICE; MATERNAL EFFECT; ORNAMENTATION; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL SELECTION;

SCELOPORUS VIRGATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 70349473037     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp098     Document Type: Article

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