Dynamic properties of the advertisement calls of gray tree frogs: Patterns of variability and female choice

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-18

  Gerhardt, H Carl ^a   Dyson, Miranda L ^b,c   Tanner, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advertisement calls; Amphibia; Anura; Distance independent preference; Dynamic acoustic properties; Female choice; Hyla chrysoscelis; Hyla versicolor; Individual variation in preference; Repeatability; Sexual selection; Tree frog

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISEMENT CALL; GREY TREE FROG; MATE CHOICE;

HYLA CHRYSOSCELIS; HYLA VERSICOLOR;

EID: 0029769334     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/7.1.7     Document Type: Article

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