Mechanical constraint on size-assortative paring success in a temperate frog: An experimental approach

Behavioural Processes

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 181-184

  Lu, Xin ^a   Chen, Wei ^a   Zhang, Lixia ^a   Ma, Xiaoyan ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Body size; Mating system; Physical constraint; Rana chensinensis; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FROG; MATING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SEXUAL SELECTION;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; BODY SIZE; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FROG; GRIP STRENGTH; MALE; MATE CHOICE; NONHUMAN; RANA CHENSINENSIS;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RANIDAE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

ANURA; RANA CHENSINENSIS;

EID: 77956177560     PISSN: 03766357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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