Looking on the bright side: Females prefer coloration indicative of male size and condition in the sexually dichromatic spadefoot toad, Scaphiopus couchii

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 127-135

  Vásquez, Tatiana ^a,b   Pfennig, Karin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Biology Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Mate choice; Multiple messages; Redundant signals; Sexual dimorphism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FLATWORM; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; TOAD;

ANURA; MONOGENEA; PELOBATIDAE; PLATYHELMINTHES; SCAPHIOPUS COUCHII;

EID: 35248889437     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0446-7     Document Type: Article

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