Mating order-dependent female mate choice in the polygynandrous common lizard Lacerta vivipara

Oecologia

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 331-341

  Fitze, Patrick S ^a,b   Cote, Julien ^c   Clobert, Jean ^d  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^d Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Paul Sabatier University   (France)

Author keywords

Body condition; Body size; Context dependent mate choice; Lacerta vivipara; Order dependent mate choice

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY SIZE; COPULATION; CORRELATION; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; LIZARD; MATE CHOICE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; COPULATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE; MATE CHOICE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; COPULATION; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL;

SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 74449093162     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1463-1     Document Type: Article

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