Conspicuous colouration of the vocal sac of a nocturnal chorusing treefrog: Carotenoid-based?

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 576-580

  Richardson, Christina ^a   Popovici, Jean ^b   Bellvert, Floriant ^b   Lengagne, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

Anurans; Costly sexual signals; Mate choice; Night colour vision; Sexual selection; Visual cues

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT NOISE; CAROTENOID; FROG; MATE CHOICE; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SEXUAL SELECTION; VISUAL CUE;

ANURA; HYLA; HYLA ARBOREA;

EID: 76749162838     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853809789647095     Document Type: Conference Paper

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