Female polyandry and size-assortative mating in isolated local populations of the Japanese common toad Bufo japonicus

In anurans, female polyandry under male harassment is distributed across taxa because of external aquatic fertilization. According to the sexual selection theory, male–male competition for access to females is affected by the operational sex ratio (OSR) and population density. The Japanese common to...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Biological journal of the Linnean Society 2014-09, Vol.113 (1), p.236-242
Hauptverfasser:	Hase, Kazuko, Shimada, Masakazu
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amphibia Anura Bufo japonicus free-swimming sperm male harassment male-male competition operational sex ratio polyandry polyandry, population density population density size-assortative mating
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