The advertisement calls of the green toad (Bufo viridis): Variability and role in mate choice

Herpetologica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 454-464

  Giacoma, Cristina ^a   Zugolaro, Cinzia ^a   Beani, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Advertisement calls; Bioacoustic analysis; Bufo viridis; Playback mate choice trials; Skeletochronological analysis

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOUR; GREEN TOADF; MATE CHOICE;

ITALY;

BUFO VIRIDIS;

EID: 0031426127     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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