Consistency of female choice in the túngara frog: a permissive preference for complex characters

Previous phonotaxis experiments in the túngara frog,Physalaemus pustulosus, indicated a permissiveness in female preference that allows sexually selected complex call characters to be replaced with various alternative characters. Although they prefer complex to simple calls, females as a group did n...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Animal behaviour 1998-03, Vol.55 (3), p.641-649
Hauptverfasser:	KIME, N.M., RAND, A.S., KAPFER, M., RYAN, M.J.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Amphibia and reptilia Animal behavior Animal ethology Animal reproduction Biological and medical sciences Freshwater Frogs Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Physalaemus pustulosus Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Vertebrata
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