Egg incubation temperature affects male reproductive success but not display behaviors in lizards

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 803-813

  Warner, Daniel A ^a,c   Woo, Kevin L ^b,d   van Dyk, Daniel A ^b   Evans, Christopher S ^b   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Amphibolurus muricatus; Selection gradient; Submissive behavior; Temperature dependent sex determination; Video playback experiment

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; EGG; INCUBATION; LIZARD; MALE; MOVEMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SELECTION; SEX DETERMINATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TERRITORIALITY;

AMPHIBOLURUS MURICATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 77950543895     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0897-0     Document Type: Article

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