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  232.     <h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">Fit and fat from enlarged badges: a field experiment on male sand lizards</h1>
  233.     <p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Anderholm, Sofia</span> and <span class="person_name">Olsson, Mats</span> and <span class="person_name">Wapstra, Erik</span> and <span class="person_name">Ryberg, Karen</span> (2004) <xhtml:em>Fit and fat from enlarged badges: a field experiment on male sand lizards.</xhtml:em> Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B (Suppl.), 271 . s142-s144. ISSN 0962-8452</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2201/1/Fitandfat.pdf"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/2201/1/Fitandfat.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Full text restricted - Requires a PDF viewer<br />80Kb</td><td><form method="get" accept-charset="utf-8" action="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/request_doc"><input accept-charset="utf-8" value="2777" name="docid" type="hidden" /><div class=""><input value="Request a copy" name="_action_null" class="ep_form_action_button" onclick="return EPJS_button_pushed( '_action_null' )" type="submit" /> </div></form></td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2003.0094">http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2003.0094</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">To investigate the impact of nuptial coloration (the&#13;
  234. badge) on male fitness in the Swedish sand lizard&#13;
  235. (Lacerta agilis), we conducted a manipulation&#13;
  236. experiment in a natural population. Males in one&#13;
  237. group had their badges enlarged by being painted as&#13;
  238. cheaters and were compared to a control group with&#13;
  239. respect to mate acquisition, body condition and survival.&#13;
  240. Badge enlargement did not affect survival, but&#13;
  241. elevated mate acquisition by almost 400%, and body&#13;
  242. condition in small males. This increase in condition&#13;
  243. is likely to stem from greater access to female-associated&#13;
  244. sites with high food availability.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">status; signalling; badge manipulation;&#13;
  245. reproductive success; condition&#13;
  246. </td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/270707.html">270000 Biological Sciences &gt; 270700 Ecology and Evolution &gt; 270707 Sociobiology and Behavioural Ecology</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">2201</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Dr Erik Wapstra</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">15 Oct 2007 13:50</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=2201;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&amp;eprintid=2201">item control page</a></p>
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