Beastly bondage: The costs of amplexus in Cane Toads (Bufo marinus)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-36

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; FEEDING; FITNESS; GAMETE; LOCOMOTION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL CONFLICT; TOAD;

ANURA; BUFO MARINUS; HUMULUS;

EID: 62249174420     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CE-08-036     Document Type: Article

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