Selectivity of evoked vocal responses in the time domain by frogs of the genus Batrachyla

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 202-217

  Penna, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; BATRACHYLA; BATRACHYLA ANTARTANDICA; BATRACHYLA LEPTOPUS; BATRACHYLA TAENIATA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; LEPTOPUS;

EID: 0030984835     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565388     Document Type: Article

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