An experimental examination of female preference patterns for components of the male advertisement call in the quacking frog, Crinia georgiana

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 144-150

  Smith, Michael J ^a,b   Roberts, J Dale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Crinia georgiana; Female preference patterns; Intersexual selection; Myobatrachidae

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; FROG; MATE CHOICE; VOCALIZATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; CRINIA; CRINIA GEORGIANA; MYOBATRACHIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 1642505657     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-003-0691-3     Document Type: Article

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