Chromatic Components of Female Secondary Sexual Coloration: Influence on Social Behavior of Male Keeled Earless Lizards (Holbrookia propinqua)
Chromatic Components of Female Secondary Sexual Coloration: Influence on Social Behavior of Male Keeled Earless Lizards (Holbrookia propinqua)
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雌性第二性着色的色彩成分：对雄性龙骨无耳蜥蜴（Holbrookia propinqua）社会行为的影响
作者：
W. Cooper
实地实验的男性Holbrookia propinqua的女性第二性色的橙子和黄色组件的反应表明，这两个组件识别的承载者为女性，并建议橙子组件可能部分抑制男性的竞争行为。In H. propinqua黄色成分从远处可见。通过确定一个居民女性在她的相对较小的领土，黄色的组成部分可能会减少由占主导地位的领土男性的竞争方法，从而防止任何相关的增加捕食的风险。橙子的成分，通常至少部分隐藏，是显示给男性的女性积极拒绝求爱，通常在近距离。它可以减少雄性对雌性的攻击性行为，但也可以作为一个信号，显示居民女性怀孕。
Field experiments on responses of territorial male Holbrookia propinqua to the orange and yellow components of female secondary sexual coloration in that species demonstrate that both components identify the bearer as female and suggest that the orange component may partially inhibit male agonistic behavior. In H. propinqua the yellow component is visible from a distance. By identifying a resident female in her relatively small territory, the yellow component may curtail agonistic approaches by the dominant territorial male and thus prevent any associated increase in risk of predation. The orange component, which is usually at least partially concealed, is displayed to males by females actively rejecting courtship, usually at close range. It may reduce aggression by males to females behaving aggressively, but may also serve as a signal that the displaying resident female is gravid.