Evolution of a Model System: New Insights from the Study of Anolis Lizards

MM Muñoz, LO Frishkoff, J Pruett… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Following decades of intensive study, Anolis lizards have emerged as a biological model
system. We review how new research on anoles has advanced our understanding of …

An alternative hypothesis for the evolution of same-sex sexual behaviour in animals

JD Monk, E Giglio, A Kamath, MR Lambert… - Nature ecology & …, 2019 - nature.com
Same-sex sexual behaviour (SSB) has been recorded in over 1,500 animal species with a
widespread distribution across most major clades. Evolutionary biologists have long sought …

[BOOK][B] The secret social lives of reptiles

JS Doody, V Dinets, GM Burghardt - 2021 - books.google.com
Covering diverse species from garter snakes to Komodo dragons, this book delves into the
evolutionary origins and fascinating details of the mysterious social lives of reptiles. Reptiles …

Model systems in ecology, evolution, and behavior: A call for diversity in our model systems and discipline

MA Duffy, C García-Robledo, SP Gordon… - The American …, 2021 - journals.uchicago.edu
Ecologists and evolutionary biologists are fascinated by life's variation but also seek to
understand phenomena and mechanisms that apply broadly across taxa. Model systems …

Animal territoriality, property and access: a collaborative exchange between animal behaviour and the social sciences

A Kamath, AB Wesner - Animal behaviour, 2020 - Elsevier
Territoriality is central to animal behaviourists' understanding of many facets of animal
behaviour, including resource acquisition, space use behaviour, communication and mating …

Size but not relatedness drives the spatial distribution of males within an urban population of Anolis carolinensis lizards

WD Weber, NM Anthony, SP Lailvaux - Ecology and evolution, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The way that individuals are spatially organized in their environment is a fundamental
population characteristic affecting social structure, mating system, and reproductive ecology …

[HTML][HTML] Meta-Analysis Reveals Behavioral Plasticity, Not Agonistic Behavior, Facilitates Invasion of Brown Anoles (Anolis sagrei) and Replacement of Green Anoles …

MA Jackson, SS Bleicher - Diversity, 2024 - mdpi.com
In a meta-analysis, we examined the behavioral portfolio of invasive brown anoles (Anolis
sagrei) and native green anoles (Anolis carolinensis) in urban and non-urban environments …

Dewlap colour variation in Anolis sagrei is maintained among habitats within islands of the West Indies

R Scherrer, CM Donihue, RG Reynolds… - Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Animal signals evolve in an ecological context. Locally adapting animal sexual signals can
be especially important for initiating or reinforcing reproductive isolation during the early …

Shifting Perceptions about Female Insects, Snakes, Frogs, Lizards, Fishes and Spiders

M Ah-King - The Female Turn: How Evolutionary Science Shifted …, 2023 - Springer
In the epistemology of knowledge/ignorance about females in sexual selection, this chapter
demonstrates many different ways in which knowledge about active and multiply mating …