Alternative mating tactics in the Italian treefrog, Hyla intermedia

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1109-1118

  Castellano, Sergio ^a   Marconi, Valentina ^a   Zanollo, Valeria ^a   Berto, Giulia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Conditional mating strategy; Mating success; Sexual parasitism; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FROG; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; PARASITISM; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANURA; HYLA INTERMEDIA;

EID: 67349180177     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0756-z     Document Type: Article

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