Amphisexual parental behavior of a terrestrial breeding frog Eleutherodactylus johnstonei in Guyana

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-7

  Bourne, Godfrey R ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive behavior; Amphisexual parental behavior; Eleutherodactylus johnstonei; Maternal care; Paternal care; Sexual selection; Terrestrial frog

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; FROG; PARENTAL CARE; SEX RATIO;

GEORGETOWN; GUYANA;

ELEUTHERODACTYLUS JOHNSTONEI;

EID: 0031906066     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/9.1.1     Document Type: Article

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