Experimental analysis of multivariate female choice in gray treefrogs (Hyla versicolor): Evidence for directional and stabilizing selection

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2504-2512

  Gerhardt, H Carl ^a   Brooks, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic signals; Canonical rotation; Gray treefrog; Nonlinear selection; Stabilizing selection

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FROG; MATE CHOICE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SELECTION; SIGNAL; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FROG; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RANIDAE; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

HYLA; HYLA VERSICOLOR;

EID: 70349863290     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00746.x     Document Type: Article

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