Operational sex ratio in newts: Field responses and characterization of a constituent chemical cue

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 286-293

  Rohr, Jason R ^a,c   Park, Daesik ^b,d   Sullivan, Aaron M ^a   McKenna, Malachy ^a   Propper, Catherine R ^b   Madison, Dale M ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chemical cues; Mating competition; Mating system; Notophtalmus viridescens; Olfaction; Operational sex ratio; Pheromone; Salamander; Sexual selection; Spatiotemporal variation

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CHEMICAL CUE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX RATIO;

AMPHIUMA MEANS; ENTEROBACTER; NOTOPHTHALMUS; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 12244265084     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arh164     Document Type: Article

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