Costs and benefits of mate choice in the lek-breeding reed frog, Hyperolius marmoratus

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1103-1117

  Grafe, T Ulmar ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Biozentrum ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYPEROLIUS MARMORATUS; HYPEROLIUS MARMORATUS BROADLEYI; LYCODONOMORPHUS RUFULUS;

LEKKING; MATE CHOICE; PAINTED REED FROG; PREDATION RISK; SEARCH TIME;

EID: 0031128701     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0427     Document Type: Article

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