Aggressive behavior and performance in the tegu lizard tupinambis merianae

Physiological and Biochemical Zoology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 680-685

  Herrel, Anthony ^a   Andrade, Denis V ^b   De Carvalho, José Eduardo ^c   Brito, Ananda ^d   Abe, Augusto ^b   Navas, Carlos ^d  

^a Case Postale   (France)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BODY SIZE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; HORMONE; INJURY; LIZARD; PREDATION RISK; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; BRAZIL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; JAW; LIZARD; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; BRAZIL; FEMALE; JAW; LIZARDS; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; SQUAMATA; TEIIDAE; TUPINAMBIS MERIANAE; TUPINAMBIS NIGROPUNCTATUS;

EID: 73449093188     PISSN: 15222152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/605935     Document Type: Article

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