Multiple mate choice criteria and the importance of age for male mating success in the microhylid frog, Cophixalus ornatus

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 786-795

  Felton, Adam ^a,b   Alford, Ross A ^a   Felton, Annika M ^a   Schwarzkopf, Lin ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Cophixalus ornatus; Mate choice; Microhylid frog; Nest

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; COURTSHIP; FROG; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; NEST SITE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; COPHIXALUS; MICROHYLIDAE;

EID: 33645082480     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0124-6     Document Type: Article

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