Female preference in complex acoustical environments in the midwife toads Alytes obstetricans and Alytes cisternasii

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 588-594

  Márquez, Rafael ^a   Bosch, Jaime ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Advertisement calls; Alytes cisternasii; Alytes obstetricans; Complex acoustical environments; Dominant frequency; Female preference; Midwife toads; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ENVIRONMENT; CALLING BEHAVIOUR; MATE PREFERENCE; MIDWIFE TOAD; PLAYBACK EXPERIMENT;

ALYTES CISTERNASII; ALYTES OBSTETRICANS;

EID: 0031436669     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/8.6.588     Document Type: Article

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