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DOI	10.1163/1568539X-bja10068
	Female preferences for discrete and continuous male colour expression may help reinforce colour polymorphism in a desert lizard
	Glover, Jenell A.; Lattanzio, Matthew S.
通讯作者	Lattanzio, MS (corresponding author), Christopher Newport Univ, Dept Organismal & Environm Biol, Newport News, VA 23606 USA.
来源期刊	BEHAVIOUR
ISSN	0005-7959
EISSN	1568-539X
出版年	2021
卷号	158 期号:3-4 页码:315-339
英文摘要	Despite recognition that colour can vary continuously, colour expression in colour polymorphic species is usually treated as discrete. We conducted three experiments to evaluate the extent that discrete and continuous male coloration influenced female mating preferences in long-tailed brush lizards (Urosaurus graciosus). Each experiment provided females with a different social context: a dimorphic choice between a yellow and an orange male (coloration treated as discrete), and a choice between either two orange males or two yellow males (coloration treated as continuous variation). Females preferred orange males over yellow males in the first experiment, and the findings of our second experiment suggested that males with moderate orange coloration were most preferred. In contrast, females behaved randomly with respect to two yellow males. Our findings show that females in colour polymorphic species can evaluate both discrete and continuous aspects of morph coloration during mate assessment, which may help maintain their polymorphism.
英文关键词	alternative mating strategy body size long-tailed brush lizard mate choice sexual selection
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000627566800006
WOS关键词	MALE MATE CHOICE ; SEXUAL SELECTION ; MATING SUCCESS ; TREE LIZARDS ; THROAT COLOR ; EVOLUTION ; COMPLEX ; BEHAVIOR ; MORPHS ; ECOLOGY
WOS类目	Behavioral Sciences ; Zoology
WOS研究方向	Behavioral Sciences ; Zoology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/349683
作者单位	[Glover, Jenell A.; Lattanzio, Matthew S.] Christopher Newport Univ, Dept Organismal & Environm Biol, Newport News, VA 23606 USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Glover, Jenell A.,Lattanzio, Matthew S.. Female preferences for discrete and continuous male colour expression may help reinforce colour polymorphism in a desert lizard[J],2021,158(3-4):315-339.
APA	Glover, Jenell A.,&Lattanzio, Matthew S..(2021).Female preferences for discrete and continuous male colour expression may help reinforce colour polymorphism in a desert lizard.BEHAVIOUR,158(3-4),315-339.
MLA	Glover, Jenell A.,et al."Female preferences for discrete and continuous male colour expression may help reinforce colour polymorphism in a desert lizard".BEHAVIOUR 158.3-4(2021):315-339.