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 …

Integument colouration can influence many aspects of fitness, and is under strong sexual
selection. Amphibians often express sexual dichromatism, and ultra-violet (UV) colouration …

Colour signals are ubiquitous in nature but only recently have researchers recognised the
potential of ultraviolet (UV)-reflecting colour patches to function as signals of quality. Lacertid …

The interaction between behavioural and phenotypic traits, such as coloration, plays a
specific role at different stages of the predatory sequence. Cryptic coloration involves a …

Bite force in lizards is involved in key behaviours such as intrasexual agonistic and
intersexual interactions. The relationship between morphology and function is dynamic and …

Male lizards often display multiple pigment‐based and structural colour signals which may
reflect various quality traits (eg performance, parasitism), with testosterone (T) often …

According to animal signalling theory, social costs incurred by aggressive conspecifics are
one mechanism maintaining signal honesty. Although our understanding of signal evolution …

Conspicuous body colours and colour polymorphism have been hypothesized to increase
rates of speciation. Conspicuous colours are evolutionary labile, and often involved in …

Studies of the effects of insularity on animal signals are scarce, particularly in lizards. Here,
we use Lilford's wall lizard from Dragonera (Podarcis lilfordi gigliolii) to ask how island …

Conspicuous body colours and colour polymorphism have been hypothesized to increase
rates of speciation. Conspicuous colours are evolutionary labile, and often involved in …