SEXUAL SELECTION AND THE EVOLUTION OF COMPLEX COLOR PATTERNS IN DRAGON LIZARDS

I-Ping Chen; Devi Stuart-Fox; Andrew F Hugall; Matthew RE Symonds

Journal article

SEXUAL SELECTION AND THE EVOLUTION OF COMPLEX COLOR PATTERNS IN DRAGON LIZARDS

I-Ping Chen, Devi Stuart-Fox, Andrew F Hugall, Matthew RE Symonds

Evolution | WILEY | Published : 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01698.x

University of Melbourne Researchers

Matthew Symonds Author BioSciences

Devi Stuart-Fox Author BioSciences

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Grants

Awarded by Australian Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

We thank M. Hutchinson (South Australian Museum) and, especially, J. Melville (Museum Victoria) for access to lizard specimens, as well as discussion and advice on lizard coloration, phylogeny, sexing, and ecological backgrounds. T. Ord, E. Martins, R. Fuller, and three anonymous reviewers provided helpful comments and criticism. The project was funded in part by an Australian Research Council Discovery Grant DP1092908 to DS-F, and a University of Melbourne International Fee Remission Scholarship to I-PC.