Courtship and mating behaviour of the brilliant-thighed frog Allobates femoralis from Central Amazonia: Implications for the study of a species complex

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-150

  Montanarin, A ^a   Kaefer, I L ^a   Lima, A P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anura; communication; Dendrobatoidea; divergence; pre zygotic traits

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; COURTSHIP; CRYPSIS; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; DIVERGENCE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FROG; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATE RECOGNITION; MORPHOLOGY; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SPECIES COMPLEX; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; DUCKE RESERVE; PERU;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; EPIPEDOBATES FEMORALIS;

EID: 79956349223     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03949370.2011.554884     Document Type: Article

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