Assessing display variability in wild brown anoles Anolis sagrei using a mechanical lizard model

Signals used for species identity ought to be highly stereotyped so as to facilitate immediate recognition by conspecifics. It is surprising therefore to find variability in putative species signature displays. The brown anole Anolis sagrei has a high degree of variability in its signature bobbing d...

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Main Author: Sarah R. PARTAN, Peter OTOVIC, Virginia L. PRICE, Scott E. BROWN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2011-04-01
Series:Current Zoology
Subjects:
Sex
Online Access:http://www.currentzoology.org/paperdetail.asp?id=11828