Cost of sexually embracing a large female offset by the number of eggs fertilized for small male Bufo bufo L.

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 755-762

  Lengagne, Thierry ^a   Arthaud, Florent ^a   Cormier, Mickaël ^a   Joly, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Anuran; Female size; Male mate choice; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FECUNDITY; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); FITNESS; MATE CHOICE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL SELECTION; TOAD;

ANURA; BUFO BUFO;

EID: 36849091559     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00930.x     Document Type: Article

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