Water-wave communication between territorial male Bombina variegata

Journal of Herpetology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 457-462

  Seidel, Bernhard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANURA; BOMBINA; BOMBINA VARIEGATA; BOMBINATORIDAE;

EID: 0032757636     PISSN: 00221511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1565643     Document Type: Article

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