Alternative Mating Tactics in Male Chameleons (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) Are Evident in Both Long-Term Body Color and Short-Term Courtship Pattern

Tammy Keren-Rotem; Noga Levy; Lior Wolf; Amos Bouskila; Eli Geffen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0159032

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Alternative Mating Tactics in Male Chameleons (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) Are Evident in Both Long-Term Body Color and Short-Term Courtship Pattern

Tammy Keren-Rotem,

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Noga Levy,

Affiliation Blavatnik School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Lior Wolf,

Affiliation Blavatnik School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Amos Bouskila,

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences and the Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology at the Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheba 84105, Israel
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Eli Geffen

* E-mail: geffene@post.tau.ac.il

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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Alternative Mating Tactics in Male Chameleons (Chamaeleo chamaeleon) Are Evident in Both Long-Term Body Color and Short-Term Courtship Pattern

Tammy Keren-Rotem,
Noga Levy,
Lior Wolf,
Amos Bouskila,
Eli Geffen

Published: July 13, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0159032

About the Authors

Tammy Keren-Rotem

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel

Noga Levy

Affiliation Blavatnik School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel

Lior Wolf

Affiliation Blavatnik School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel

Amos Bouskila

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences and the Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology at the Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University, Beer-Sheba 84105, Israel

Eli Geffen

* E-mail: geffene@post.tau.ac.il

Affiliation Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TKR EG. Performed the experiments: TKR. Analyzed the data: TKR NL LW EG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EG AB. Wrote the paper: TKR LW EG.

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