Sexual dichromatism in frogs: Natural selection, sexual selection and unexpected diversity

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 279, Issue 1748, 2012, Pages 4687-4693

  Bell, Rayna C ^a   Zamudio, Kelly R ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Anuran; Sexual colour dimorphism; Sexual niche partitioning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868087217     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1609     Document Type: Review

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