Evolution of male mating behavior: Male spadefoot toads preferentially associate with conspecific males

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 69-74

  Pfennig, Karin S ^a,b   Rapa, Katrina ^b,c   McNatt, Regan ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorus behavior; Male aggregations; Spea multiplicata

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; CALLING BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; TOAD;

SPEA MULTIPLICATA;

EID: 0034095680     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650000205     Document Type: Article

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