Variety is the spice of life: female lizards choose to associate with colour-polymorphic male dyads
We test the idea that male colour polymorphism in a lizard (red vs. yellow headed) may be maintained by a female preference for associating (and presumably mating) with both male morphs rather than only one. In female choice experiments on single males of different colours, females did not preferent...
Main Authors: | Healey, M, Uller, T, Olsson, M |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2008
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