Courtship displays are condition-dependent signals that reliably reflect male quality in Greek tortoises, Testudo gracea

Chelonian Conservation and Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-17

  Pellitteri Rosa, Daniele ^a   Sacchi, Roberto ^a   Galeotti, Paolo ^a   Marchesi, Manuela ^a   Fasola, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

behavior; courtship signals; Greek tortoise; hematological profile; mounting success; Reptilia; sexual selection; Testudines; Testudinidae; Testudo graeca; vocalizations

Indexed keywords

REPTILIA; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE; TESTUDO; TESTUDO GRAECA; TESTUDO HERMANNI; TESTUDO MARGINATA;

EID: 79960341045     PISSN: 10718443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2744/CCB-0840.1     Document Type: Article

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