Male mating success and variation in chorus attendance within and among breeding seasons in the gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor)

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 1996, Pages 729-734

  Bertram, Susan ^a,b   Berrill, Michael ^a   Nol, Erica ^a  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYLA VERSICOLOR;

EID: 0029744113     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447540     Document Type: Article

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