Habituation in the green frog, Rana clamitan

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 209-213

  Owen, Patrick C ^a   Perrill, Stephen A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Dear enemy effect; Green frog; Habituation; Neighbor stranger discrimination; Rana clamitans; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

FROG; HABITUATION; MALE BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

EID: 0032406415     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002650050533     Document Type: Article

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