The cost of polygyny and the evolution of female care in poison frogs

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 515-538

  Summers, Kyle ^a   Earn, David J D ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dendrobates; Game theory; Parental care

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FROG; GAME THEORY; PARENTAL CARE; POLYGYNY; REPRODUCTIVE COST;

ANURA; DENDROBATES;

EID: 0032910917     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bijl.1998.0290     Document Type: Article

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