Female preference for a male sexual trait uncorrelated with male body size in the Palmate newt (Triturus helveticus)

Behaviour

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 797-814

  Haerty, W ^a,b   Gentilhomme, E ^a   Secondi, J ^a  

^a PPR Group   (France)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Female preference; Morphology; Sexual selection; Triturus helveticus

Indexed keywords

SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS HELVETICUS;

EID: 34548733226     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853907781476445     Document Type: Article

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