Stabilizing and directional female choice for male calls in the European green toad

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 275-287

  Castellano, Sergio ^a   Giacoma, Cristina ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTY; CALLING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MATE CHOICE; TOAD;

ANURA; BUFO DEBILIS; BUFO VIRIDIS;

EID: 0032142735     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0784     Document Type: Article

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