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Contest success and mate guarding in male sand lizards, Lacerta agilis

โœ Scribed by Mats Olsson


Book ID
115569360
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1993
Tongue
English
Weight
86 KB
Volume
46
Category
Article
ISSN
0003-3472

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Male sand lizards (Lacerta agilis) are polygynous and guard individual females for several hours to days after copulation. Even though the copulation itself only lasts 24 rain, the total time that a male invests per female is considerably more and may constitute a substantial investment during a mat