Variation in the advertisement call in the foam-nesting treefrog rhacophorus arboreus

Bioacoustics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-11

  Kasuya, Eiiti ^a   Shiobara, Seiko ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Advertisement call; Anuran; Rhacophorus arboreus; Variation; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011770747     PISSN: 09524622     EISSN: 21650586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09524622.1996.9753311     Document Type: Article

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