Female European green lizards (Lacerta viridis) prefer males with high ultraviolet throat reflectance

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2007-2014

  Bajer, Katalin ^a   Molnár, Orsolya ^a   Torok Janos ^a   Herczeg, Gábor ^a,b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Lacerta viridis; Mate choice; Mate preference; Sexual selection; Signalling; UV

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIZARD; MATE CHOICE; MORPHOLOGY; REFLECTANCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL CUE;

LACERTA VIRIDIS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78449286163     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-1012-2     Document Type: Article

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