Proximate mechanisms leading to large male-mating advantage in the Andrew's toad, Bufo andrewsi

Behaviour

Volumn 148, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 1087-1102

  Liao, Wen Bo ^a   Lu, Xin ^b  

^a CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Andrew's toad; female choice; male male competition; mating pattern

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ANURA; BUFO ANDREWSI;

EID: 80053989893     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579511X589848     Document Type: Article

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