Tympanum fluctuating asymmetry, body size and mate choice in female midwife toads (Alytes obstetricans)

Behaviour

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1211-1222

  Bosch, Jaime ^a   Márquez, Rafael ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Body size; Fluctuating asymmetry; Midwife toad; Tympanum

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038999844     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853900502600     Document Type: Article

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