Sources of selection on signal timing in a tree frog

Ethology

Volumn 113, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 973-982

  Höbel, Gerlinde ^a,b,c   Gerhardt, H Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FROG; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HONEST SIGNALING; MATE CHOICE; SELECTION; TIME DEPENDENT BEHAVIOR;

ANURA; HYLIDAE;

EID: 34548744012     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2007.01404.x     Document Type: Article

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