Showing red: Male coloration signals same-sex rivals in an Australian water dragon

Herpetologica

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 436-444

  Baird, Troy A ^a   Baird, Teresa D ^a   Shine, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agamidae; Aggression; Communication; Sexual selection; Signaling

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BODY SIZE; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HABITAT; LIZARD; MALE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNALING; TERRITORY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84890254705     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1655/HERPETOLOGICA-D-12-00079R1     Document Type: Article

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