Male whiptail lizards adjust energetically costly mate guarding to male-male competition and female reproductive value

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 75-82

  Ancona, Sergio ^a   Drummond, Hugh ^a   Zaldívar Rae, Jaime ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aspidoscelis costata; energetic cost; male cost adjustment; male lizard; mate guarding; whiptail lizard

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BIOENERGETICS; BODY SIZE; EXTRA-PAIR COPULATION; FITNESS; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIZARD; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE GUARDING; SURVIVAL;

ASPIDOSCELIS COSTATA; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE;

EID: 72149094057     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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