Extreme sequential polyandry insures against nest failure in a frog

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1654, 2009, Pages 115-120

  Byrne, Phillip G ^a   Keogh, J Scott ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Frog; Polyandry; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

FERTILITY; FROG; HABITAT QUALITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NEST SITE; NESTING; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVORSHIP;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; EGG; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FROG; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; NESTING; NONHUMAN; PARENTAGE ANALYSIS; POLYANDRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SEXUAL SELECTION; SURVIVOR; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; TOAD; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 58149216499     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0794     Document Type: Article

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