Bite-Force Performance Predicts Dominance in Male Venerable Collared Lizards (Crotaphytus antiquus)

By J. Husak, A. Kristopher Lappin, S. Fox, J. Lemos‐Espinal. Copeia, 2006

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Global and Planetary Change

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Bite force in vertebrates: opportunities and caveats for use of a nonpareil whole-animal performance measure (2008, background): “The challenge for biologists is to obtain evidence that tightly links variation in whole animal performance such as maximal bite force with variation in fitness (Husak et al., 2006b).”
Head shape allometry and proximate causes of head sexual dimorphism in Podarcis lizards: joining linear and geometric morphometrics (2007, background): “, 1996, 1999a, b, 2001a), but also to male dominance (Carpenter, 1995; Husack et al., 2006).”
Sexual dimorphism of heads and abdomens: Different approaches to 'being large' in female and male lizards (2013, background): “…lineolatus 9.0 21.2 8.0 18.5 NA Oviparous 1 4 Taylor 1956 NA Crotaphytidae Crotaphytus antiquus 25.6 68.2 30.6 78.0 3.5 Oviparous 18 12 Husak et al. 2006 Schulte and MorenoRoark 2010 Crotaphytidae Crotaphytus collaris 27.0 73.0 31.0 76.0 6 Oviparous 1 1 Boulenger 1885b Schlute et al.…”
Sexual selection on locomotor performance (2008, background): “As a hypothetical example, bite-force capacity – an important determinant of dominance in lizards (Lailvaux et al., 2004; Huyghe et al., 2005; Husak et al., 2006b) – may be signalled to rivals by display behaviour, both of which may be mediated by testosterone concentrations (see Husak et al.”
A functional approach to sexual selection (2007, background): “Some research also indicates a dominance and reproductive advantage for male lizards that can bite particularly hard (Lailvaux et al. 2004; Huyghe et al. 2005; Lappin & Husak 2005; Husak et al. 2006a, 2006b).”
The fitness advantage of a high‐performance weapon (2009, background): “Recent studies have shown that bite-force performance is a strong predictor of dominance (Lailvaux et al., 2004; Huyghe et al., 2005; Husak et al., 2006a) and territory size and access to females (Lappin & Husak, 2005).”