Ultraviolet and carotenoid-based coloration in the viviparous lizard Zootoca vivipara (Squamata: Lacertidae) in relation to age, sex, and morphology

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 128-141

  Martin, Mélissa ^a   Meylan, Sandrine ^a,b   Gomez, Doris ^c   Le Galliard, Jean François ^a,d  

^a UPMC University Paris 06   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d ÉCOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Age related variation; Body condition; Body size; Common lizard; Pigment; Sexual dichromatism; Structural UV colour

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BODY CONDITION; CAROTENOID; COLOR MORPH; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; INDIVIDUAL VARIATION; LIZARD; MORPHOLOGY; ORNAMENTATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VIVIPARITY;

LACERTIDAE; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 84881615359     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12104     Document Type: Article

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