Mate selection in Litoria chloris and Litoria xanthomera: Females prefer smaller males

Austral Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 223-232

  Morrison, Clare ^a   Hero, Jean Marc ^a,b   Smith, William P ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body condition; Body size; Call frequency; Call rate; Chorus tenure; Frogs; Male male competition

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037517787     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9993.2001.01107.x     Document Type: Article

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