Multiple signals and male spacing affect female preference at cocktail parties in treefrogs

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1685, 2010, Pages 1247-1252

  Richardson, Christina ^a   Lengagne, Thierry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Anurans; Background noise; Mate choice; Multiple signals; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND LEVEL; CONSPECIFIC; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FROG; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; MULTIPLE MATING; SEXUAL SELECTION; SIGNAL;

ANURA; HYLA; HYLA ARBOREA; HYLIDAE;

EID: 77951432237     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1836     Document Type: Article

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