Intensity modulation of advertisement calls in Bufo woodhousii fowleri

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 4, 1996, Pages 970-977

  Given, Mac F ^a  

^a NEUMANN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFO FOWLERI; BUFO WOODHOUSII;

EID: 0030476366     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447660     Document Type: Article

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