Female reciprocal calling in the iberian midwife toad (Alytes cisternasii) varies with male call rate and dominant frequency: Implications for sexual selection

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 434-437

  Bosch, Jaime ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; TOAD;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPETITION; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TOAD; VOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; FROGS AND TOADS; GENETIC SELECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMAL; ANURA; FEMALE; MALE; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEX BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 0034751920     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001140100261     Document Type: Article

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