Aggressive calls improve leading callers' attractiveness in the treefrog Dendropsophus ebraccatus

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 951-959

  Reichert, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

aggressive call; call timing; mate choice; overlap; phonotaxis

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CALLING BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTIONARILY STABLE STRATEGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FROG; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE CHOICE; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; TAXIS;

EID: 80052244309     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr074     Document Type: Article

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