A performance-based cost to honest signalling in male green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis)

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1739, 2012, Pages 2841-2848

  Lailvaux, Simon P ^a   Gilbert, Rebecca L ^a   Edwards, Jessica R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Honest signalling; Life history; Whole organism performance

Indexed keywords

LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; MALE; PARADIGM SHIFT; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCTIVE COST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIGNALING;

EID: 84862131927     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2577     Document Type: Article

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