Callers and satellites: Chorus behaviour in anurans as a stochastic dynamic game

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 501-518

  Lucas, Jeffrey R ^a,b   Howard, Richard D ^a   Palmer, Joseph G ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURAN; CALLING BEHAVIOUR; CHORUS BEHAVIOUR; ENERGETICS; EXPLOSIVE BREEDING; MATING SUCCESS; PREDATION RISK;

EID: 0029666938     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0056     Document Type: Article

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