Females trade off the uncertainty of breeding resource suitability with male quality during mate choice in an anuran

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• 作者：Hugo Cayuela ; ^{hugo.cayuela51@gmail.com} ; Thierry Lengagne ; Pierre Joly ; Jean-Paul Lé ; na
• 关键词：amphibian ; Bombina variegate ; breeding resources ; call frequency ; larval competition ; mate choice ; quality uncertainty
• 刊名：Animal Behaviour
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：123
• 期：Complete
• 页码：179-185
• 全文大小：481 K
• 卷排序：123

文摘

We examined the role of breeding resource uncertainty in female mate choice. Female toads chose between relative pond quality and male call quality. When pond quality was uncertain, females based their choices on male call quality. When pond quality was certain, females chose pond quality over male quality.