Conspecific chemical cues facilitate mate trailing by invasive Argentine black and white tegus

Shannon A. Richard; Isabella M. G. Bukovich; Eric A. Tillman; Sanjiv Jayamohan; John S. Humphrey; Paige E. Carrington; William E. Bruce; Bryan M. Kluever; Michael L. Avery; M. Rockwell Parker

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0236660

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Conspecific chemical cues facilitate mate trailing by invasive Argentine black and white tegus

Shannon A. Richard ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shannon A. Richard, Isabella M. G. Bukovich

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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Isabella M. G. Bukovich ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shannon A. Richard, Isabella M. G. Bukovich

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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Eric A. Tillman,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Wildlife Research Center, Florida Field Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
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Sanjiv Jayamohan,

Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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John S. Humphrey,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation National Wildlife Research Center, Florida Field Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
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Paige E. Carrington,

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America
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William E. Bruce,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation National Wildlife Research Center, Florida Field Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
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Bryan M. Kluever,

Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Wildlife Research Center, Florida Field Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
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Michael L. Avery,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Wildlife Research Center, Florida Field Station, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
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M. Rockwell Parker

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: mrockwellparker@gmail.com

Affiliation Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0923-3911

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Conspecific chemical cues facilitate mate trailing by invasive Argentine black and white tegus

Shannon A. Richard,
Isabella M. G. Bukovich,
Eric A. Tillman,
Sanjiv Jayamohan,
John S. Humphrey,
Paige E. Carrington,
William E. Bruce,
Bryan M. Kluever,
Michael L. Avery,
M. Rockwell Parker

Published: August 12, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236660

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