Sexual selection and male mate choice in the common toad, bufo bufo

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 407-414

  Arntzen, J W ^a  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bufo bufo; Common toad; Mate choice; Reproductive behaviour; Sex ratio; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; TOAD;

BUFO BUFO;

EID: 0033396603     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.1999.9522823     Document Type: Article

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