The effect of coloration and temperature on sprint performance in male and female wall lizards

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 573-582

  Zajitschek, Susanne R K ^a,b   Zajitschek, Felix ^a,b   Miles, Donald B ^a,c   Clobert, Jean ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Paul Sabatier University   (France)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colour morph; GAMM; General additive mixed model; Lacertidae; Locomotor performance; Podarcis muralis; Polymorphism; Sex differences; Temperature performance curve; TPC

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIZARD; LOCOMOTION; MALE BEHAVIOR; MICROHABITAT; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; SEX DETERMINATION; SIGNALING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84867689029     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2012.01963.x     Document Type: Article

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