AIM: The diversity of reproductive modes among amphibians provides a striking example of how differences in the biology of species furnish can provide important explanations for species distribution p
Assortative mating is a common pattern in sexually reproducing species, but the mechanisms leading to assortment remain poorly understood. By using the European common frog (Rana temporaria) as a mode
All females were given males on day 0. In “mated twice” groups, all females were again given males, either on day 3 or on day 10. We show both the total number of females that mated on days 3 and 10 (
Male behavioral responses to song playbacks during their mate's fertile and non-fertile periods. Data are separated into pre-playback, playback, and post-playback observation periods.