Effect of stress on female-specific ornamentation

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 2641-2647

  Weiss, Stacey L ^a   Mulligan, Emily E ^a   Wilson, Dawn S ^b   Kabelik, David ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Autotomy; Corticosterone; Reproductive suppression; Sceloporus; Sex steroids; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; AUTOTOMY; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IMPLANT; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIZARD; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUPPRESSION; SCELOPORUS; SEX STEROIDS; SEXUAL SELECTION; UNITED STATES;

AUTOTOMY; CORTICOSTERONE; REPRODUCTIVE SUPPRESSION; SCELOPORUS; SEX STEROIDS; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ARIZONA; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CORTICOSTERONE; DRUG IMPLANTS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIZARDS; MALE; PIGMENTATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84880111741     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.080937     Document Type: Article

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