Testes size seen through the glass of amphibian care

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Contributors

  • Bibiana Rojas - (Author)
  • Carolin Dittrich - , Konrad Lorenz Institute of Ethology (Author)
  • Sara Calhim - (Author)

Abstract

Despite the great diversity of parental care types found in amphibians, studies linking them to post-copulatory sexually selected traits are scarce, presumably due to a lack of data. Valencia-Aguilar et al. used fieldwork and museum collections to show that paternal care appears to trade-off with testes size in glass frogs.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)421-423
Number of pages3
JournalTrends in Ecology & Evolution
Volume39
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - May 2024
Peer-reviewedYes
Externally publishedYes

External IDs

Scopus 85190148046
Mendeley 93a82821-ec56-370e-b104-062dc9d77155

Keywords

Keywords

  • paternal care, sexual selection, sperm competition risk, testes size, trait databases, weaponry