Colour polymorphic species are model systems for examining the evolutionary processes
that generate and maintain discrete phenotypic variation in natural populations. Lizards …

The diversity of habitats generated by the Andes uplift resulted a mosaic of heterogeneous
environments in South America for species to evolve a variety of ecological and …

Sexual selection pressures play a significant role in driving the evolution of color,
morphological, and behavioral traits that serve as signals to communicate fighting ability …

Behavior can help to establish dominance in intrasexual interactions, preventing more costly
aggressive interactions and improving access to mates. Distinct color morphs often correlate …

Body temperature affects various aspects of ectotherm biology. Reptiles, as ectotherms, gain
and control their temperature mainly through behavioural adjustments, although some body …

The standard paradigm of organismal biology views lower-level traits (eg aspects of
physiology) as determining organismal performance ability (eg maximal sprint speed), which …

Colour morphs sometimes have different behavioural strategies which may be maintained
by frequency or density dependence mechanisms. We investigated temporal changes in …

Explaining the evolutionary origin and maintenance of color polymorphisms is a major
challenge in evolutionary biology. Such polymorphisms are commonly thought to reflect the …

The interplay between morphological (structures) and behavioral (acts) signals in contest
assessment is still poorly understood. During contests, males of the common wall lizard …

Animal communication depends on signals conveying information to a receiver who must
perceive and decode them. Signals involved in territoriality are usually complex stimuli that …