Pair-living in the absence of obligate biparental care in a lizard: Trading-off sex and food?

Ethology

Volumn 117, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 758-768

  Leu, Stephan T ^a   Kappeler, Peter M ^b   Bull, C Michael ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GPS; LIZARD; MOVEMENT; PARENTAL CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRADE-OFF;

AUSTRALIA;

SQUAMATA; TRACHYDOSAURUS RUGOSUS;

EID: 80051652743     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01934.x     Document Type: Article

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