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Science 25 July 1980:
Vol. 209. no. 4455, pp. 523 - 525
DOI: 10.1126/science.209.4455.523
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Female Mate Choice in a Neotropical Frog

MICHAEL J. RYAN 1

1 Section of Neurobiology and Behavior, Langmuir Laboratory, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14850, and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Apdo. 2072 Balboa, Panama

Female Physalaemus pustulosus choose their mates and are more likely to choose larger males. There is a significant negative correlation between the size of the male and the fundamental frequency of one of the components of its advertisement call. Playback experiments demonstrate that females are capable of choosing larger males by distinguishing among differences in spectral components of the advertisement call.

Submitted on January 21, 1980
Revised on April 4, 1980


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