Responses to conspecific advertisement calls in the green frog (Rana clamitans) and their role in male-male communication

Behaviour

Volumn 133, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 283-301

  Bee, Mark A ^a,b   Perrill, Stephen A ^a  

^a BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISEMENT CALL; COMMUNICATION; GREEN FROG;

RANA CLAMITANS;

EID: 0030423430     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853996X00152     Document Type: Article

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