Female lizards ignore the sweet scent of success: Male characteristics implicated in female mate preference

Zoology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 217-222

  Huyghe, Katleen ^a   Vanhooydonck, Bieke ^a   Herrel, Anthony ^b   Tadić, Zoran ^c   Van Damme, Raoul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Female choice; Lacertidae; Male competition; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; LIZARD; MALE; MASTICATION; MATE CHOICE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; BITE FORCE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; MATING PREFERENCE, ANIMAL; ODORS; PIGMENTATION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALIA; LACERTIDAE; PLUCHEA ODORATA ODORATA; PODARCIS MELISELLENSIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84864032287     PISSN: 09442006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zool.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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