Preference for the other sex: Olfactory sex recognition in terrestrial fire salamanders (Salamandra salamandra)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 503-508

  Caspers, Barbara A ^a   Steinfartz, Sebastian ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

courtship; dispersal ability; female choice; first choice; mate location; site fidelity; substrate born chemical cues; terrestriality; volatile chemical cues

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; CHEMICAL CUE; CONSPECIFIC; MATE ATTRACTION; MATE CHOICE; MATE LOCATION; OLFACTORY CUE; PHEROMONE; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SITE FIDELITY; SUBSTRATE; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; VISUAL CUE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; SALAMANDRA; SALAMANDRA SALAMANDRA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 84855604030     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853811X603265     Document Type: Article

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