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Privation and uncertainty in the small nursery of Peruvian laughing frogs: Larval ecology shapes the parental mating system.
(2002)
To determine how ecological factors of both offspring and adults can influence the adult mating system, I studied the parental care and mating behavior of the laughing frog, Osteocephalus planiceps. This species uses the ...
Endocrine mediation of alternative mating tactics in toads: A proximate perspective on ecological patterns and sexual selection.
(2005)
Male Great Plains toads (Bufo cognatus) and Woodhouse's toads (Bufo woodhousii) alternate between one of two mating tactics; they may either vocalize to attract mates or they may adopt a non-calling "satellite" tactic. ...