Ultraviolet nuptial colour determines fight success in male European green lizards (Lacerta viridis)

Biology Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 866-868

  Bajer, Katalin ^a   Molnár, Orsolya ^a   Török, János ^a   Herczeg, Gábor ^a,b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Communication; Lacerta viridis; Male male competition; Sexual selection; Signal; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; COLOR; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; FIGHTING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; LIZARD; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NUPTIAL GIFT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EUROPE;

EID: 82455175839     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0520     Document Type: Article

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