Signal repertoire and contest outcome in the Jacky dragon
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Barquero Arroyo, Marco David
Whiting, Martin J.
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Abstract
Establishing dominance is an important mechanism for determining access to
resources such as mates or territories. However, levels of aggression and dominance
may vary among populations based on history and variation in individual traits. Here,
we use an agamid lizard from Australia, the Jacky dragon (Amphibolurus muricatus),
to quantify variation in traits predicting contest outcome among males of different
populations.
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Amphibolurus muricatus, Australia, Contest predictors, Dominance, Populations, Signaling behavior
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http://web.archive.org/web/20171021223449/http://wch8.worldcongressofherpetology.org:80/