Female preferences for call traits and male mating success in the neotropical frog Physalaemus enesefae

Ethology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 121-134

  Tárano, Zaida ^a,b   Herrera, Emilio A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; FROG; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; PHYSALAEMUS ENESEFAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 0037322817     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2003.00848.x     Document Type: Article

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