Behavioral and physiological female responses to male sex ratio bias in a pond-breeding amphibian

Frontiers in Zoology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Grayson, Kristine L ^a,b   De Lisle, Stephen P ^a   Jackson, Jerrah E ^a   Black, Samuel J ^c   Crespi, Erica J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leukocytes; Male biased sex ratio; Mating behavior; Microhabitat use; Notophthalmus viridescens; Red spotted newt; Sexual conflict; Stress

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; NOTOPHTHALMUS VIRIDESCENS; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 84866279655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17429994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-9994-9-24     Document Type: Article

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