Turgid female toads give males the slip: A new mechanism of female mate choice in the anura

Biology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 322-324

  Bruning, Bas ^a,b   Phillips, Benjamin L ^b   Shine, Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amphibia; Anti predator; Co optation; Male male rivalry; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; SEXUAL SELECTION; TOAD; VOCALIZATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO MARINUS;

EID: 77954106867     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2009.0938     Document Type: Article

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