Good genes drive female choice for mating partners in the lek-breeding European treefrog

Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 108-115

  Jaquiéry, Julie ^a,c   Broquet, Thomas ^a   Aguilar, Cécile ^a   Evanno, Guillaume ^a,b   Perrin, Nicolas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Ecology and Ecosystem Health   (France)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Female choice; Good genes; Heritability of fitness; Hyla arborea; Lek; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FITNESS; FROG; GENE; GROWTH RATE; HERITABILITY; MATE CHOICE; MATING SUCCESS; POPULATION SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FROG; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; MALE; RANIDAE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANURA; HYLA ARBOREA; HYLIDAE;

EID: 73949102981     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00816.x     Document Type: Article

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