Across all populations, we found highly significant relationships between lizard body size and patch areas, and a significant relationship between body condition and the blue belly patch area.
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Effects of Urbanization on Ventral Patch Size and Phenotypic Correlates of Patch Expression in Male Western Fence Lizards (<i>Sceloporus occidentalis</i>).
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Furthermore, when we looked at the direct effect of ectoparasite load on patch size, we found a positive relationship between number of ticks and throat patch area, although this effect did not reach statistical significance (Table A2 ).