Preferences of female barking treefrogs, Hyla gratiosa, for larger males: univariate and composite tests

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 513-524

  Poole, Kimberly G ^a   Murphy, Christopher G ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic communication; anurans; barking treefrog; Hyla gratiosa; large male advantage; mate choice; size correlated signal characteristics; vocalization

Indexed keywords

FROG; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SIGNAL;

ANURA; HYLA; HYLA GRATIOSA;

EID: 33847671926     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.09.008     Document Type: Article

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