Ornament size and colour as alternative strategies for effective communication in gliding lizards

• Main Authors: Klomp, D.A., Ord, T.J, Das, I., Diesmos, A., Ahmad, N., Stuart-Fox, D.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2016
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12815/1/Ornament%20size%20-%20Copy.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12815/; https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84976892501&origin=inward&txGid=0

Sexual ornamentation needs to be conspicuous to be effective in attracting potential mates and defending territories and indeed, a multitude of ways exists to achieve this. Two principal mechanisms for increasing conspicuousness are to increase the ornament's colour or brightness contrast again...