Female Iberian midwife toads (Alytes cisternasii) use call order to reach particular males in dense choruses

Journal of Ethology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 291-295

  Bosch, Jaime ^a   Boyero, Luz ^a,b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alytes cisternasii; Call order effect; Female mate choice; Iberian midwife toad; Multi speaker playback tests

Indexed keywords

ALYTES CISTERNASII; ALYTES OBSTETRICANS; ANURA;

EID: 33745948370     PISSN: 02890771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10164-005-0191-1     Document Type: Article

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