Sexual communication in cane toads, Chaunus marinus: what cues influence the duration of amplexus?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1571-1579

  Bowcock, Haley ^a   Brown, Gregory P ^a   Shine, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anura; Bufo marinus; communication systems; honest signalling; multimodal signals; sexual conflict

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CONFLICT; SIGNALING; TOAD;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO MARINUS;

EID: 40849139516     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.10.011     Document Type: Article

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