The role of microhabitat in predation on females with alternative dorsal patterns in a small Costa Rican anole (Squamata: Dactyloidae)

Predation is one of the major selective agents influencing evolution of color patterns. Cryptic color patterns decrease detection probability by predators, but their concealing function depends on the background against which patterns are seen; therefore, habitat use and color patterns are tightly l...

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Main Authors: Evi A.D. Paemelaere, Craig Guyer, F. Stephen Dobson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vicerractoría Investigación 2013-06-01
Series:Revista de Biología Tropical
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.sa.cr/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-77442013000300031&lng=en&tlng=en