Acoustic interference limits call detection in a Neotropical frog Hyla ebraccata

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 529-536

  Wollerman, Lori ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; FROG; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO;

ANURA; HYLA EBRACCATA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE;

EID: 0033106160     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.1013     Document Type: Article

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