Sexual selection in the squirrel treefrog Hyla squirella: the role of multimodal cue assessment in female choice

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1753-1763

  Taylor, Ryan C ^a,b   Buchanan, Bryant W ^c   Doherty, Jessie L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UTICA COLLEGE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

female choice; Hyla squirella; multimodal signalling; nocturnal vision; sexual selection; squirrel treefrog; visual assessment

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FROG; MATE CHOICE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION; VISUAL CUE; VOCALIZATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; HYLA SQUIRELLA; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 36749001733     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.03.010     Document Type: Article

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