Supplementation of male pheromone on rock substrates attracts female rock lizards to the territories of males: A field experiment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Martín, José ^a   López, Pilar ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERGOSTEROL; PHEROMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPULATION; FEMALE; LIZARD; MALE; MATING; NONHUMAN; ODOR; ROCK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SIMULATION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEDIMENT; SPAIN; TERRITORIALITY;

ANIMALIA; IBEROLACERTA CYRENI; PETROSAURUS; SQUAMATA;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LIZARDS; MALE; ODORS; PHEROMONES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPAIN; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 84855833390     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030108     Document Type: Article

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