Breeding behaviour and hybridization: variation in male chorusing behaviour promotes mating among taxa in waterfrogs

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 443-450

  Lengagne, T ^a   Plenet, S ^a   Joly, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

hybridization; mating system; sexual selection; waterfrog

Indexed keywords

FROG; HYBRIDIZATION; MATE CHOICE; MATE RECOGNITION; MATING BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANURA; RANA ESCULENTA; RANA LESSONAE; RANA RIDIBUNDA;

EID: 38649104860     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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