Behavioural display systems across nine Anolis lizard species: Sexual dimorphisms in structure and function

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1688, 2010, Pages 1711-1719

  Johnson, M A ^a,b   Wade, Juli ^b  

^a TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Dewlap; Morphology; Neuromuscular traits; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ANOLIS; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77953494523     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2323     Document Type: Conference Paper

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