Direct fitness correlates and thermal consequences of facultative aggregation in a Desert Lizard

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Rabosky, Alison R Davis ^a,b,c   Corl, Ammon ^a,d   Liwanag, Heather E M ^a,e   Surget Groba, Yann ^a,f   Sinervo, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Ecological Evolution Group   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HEAT LOSS; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUMMER; SURVIVAL RATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WINTER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; DESERT CLIMATE; FEMALE; LIZARDS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; XANTUSIA VIGILIS; XANTUSIIDAE;

EID: 84864227919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040866     Document Type: Article

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