Temporal selectivity of evoked vocal responses of Batrachyla antartandica (Amphibia: Leptodactylidae)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 833-848

  Penna, Mario ^a,d   Feng, Albert S ^b   Narins, Peter M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTISEMENT CALL; FROG; VOCALIZATION;

CHILE;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BATRACHYLA ANTARCTANDICA; BATRACHYLA ANTARTANDICA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE;

EID: 0030784554     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0449     Document Type: Article

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