Sex recognition and mate choice by male western toads, Bufo boreas

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1631-1635

  Marco, Adolfo ^a   Kiesecker, Joseph M ^a   Chivers, Douglas P ^a   Blaustein, Andrew R ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; MALE BEHAVIOUR; MATE CHOICE; SEX RECOGNITION; TOAD;

ANURA; BOREAS; BUFO BOREAS;

EID: 0032102582     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1997.0711     Document Type: Article

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