Clutch loss affects the operational sex ratio in the strawberry poison frog Dendrobates pumilio

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 310-315

  Pröhl, Heike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clutch loss; Dendrobates pumilio; Operational sex ratio; Poison frog; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FROG; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; POPULATION MODELING; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANURA; DENDROBATES PUMILIO; DENDROBATIDAE; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 21344433641     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0915-9     Document Type: Article

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