Courtship and female competition in the majorcan midwife toad, Alytes muletensis

Ethology

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 292-303

  Bush, Sarah L ^a,b   Bell, Diana J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALYTES MULETENSIS;

COURTSHIP; MAJORCAN MIDWIFE TOAD; MATE COMPETITION; MATING BEHAVIOUR;

EID: 0030617110     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.1997.tb00019.x     Document Type: Article

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