Within-population variation in social strategies characterize the social and mating system of an Australian lizard, Egernia whitii

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The lizard genus Egernia has been suggested as an excellent model system for examining the evolution of sociality as it exhibits considerable diversity in social organization both between and within species. To date the majority of work examining the factors responsible for the evolution of sociality within Egernia has advocated a broad scale approach; identifying the social structure of specific species or populations and comparing the degree of sociality between them. However, we argue that...

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Authors: While, G; Uller, T; Wapstra, E

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: AUSTRAL ECOLOGY
• Volume: 34
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 938-949
• Publication date: 2009-12-01
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2009.02002.x
• EISSN: 1442-9993
• ISSN: 1442-9985
• Language: English
• Keywords: reptiles; White's skink; parental care; extra-pair paternity; social evolution