Field presentation of male secretions alters social display in Sceloporus virgatus but not S. undulatus lizards

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1403-1410

  Hews, Diana K ^a   Date, Priya ^a,c   Hara, Erina ^a,d   Castellano, Michael J ^b,e  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical communication; Display behavior; Lizards; Multimodal signals; Sceloporus

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COLOR; LIZARD; MALE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RANGE EXPANSION; SECRETION; SIGNALING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TERRITORY; TRADE-OFF;

REPTILIA; SCELOPORUS; SCELOPORUS UNDULATUS; SCELOPORUS VIRGATUS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 79958865838     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1150-1     Document Type: Article

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