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| Zuiderwijk, Annie. |
| Courtship display characteristics are described and compared for the newts Triturus cristatus and T. marmoratus and patterns of male competitive behaviour are recognized. In interpreting the data, the operational sex ratio has to be taken into account, which was highly biased towards males in both species, more in T. marmoratus than in T. cristatus. When sexual active, males of cristatus had more encounters than males of marmoratus, whereas the latter spent more time residing mating places. The male’s display towards a female differed in time structure, variability and in behaviour characteristics. T. marmoratus display follows a fixed pattern; males succeeded better in restraining a female than males cristatus did. Courting males cristatus allowed other... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Salamandridae; Triturus; Courtship behaviour; Sexual strategy; Competition. |
| Ano: 1990 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/504436 |
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