Phonotaxis by female Majorcan midwife toads, alytes muletensis

Behaviour

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 213-230

  Dyson, Miranda L ^a   Bush, Sarah L ^a,b   Halliday, Tim R ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 0032377605     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853998793066366     Document Type: Article

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