Evoked vocal response in male tungara frogs: Pre-existing biases in male responses?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1509-1516

  Ryan, Michael J ^a,b,c   Rand, A Stanley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMALE BEHAVIOR; MALE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOCALIZATION;

PHYSALAEMUS PUSTULOSUS;

EID: 0032464495     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0928     Document Type: Article

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