A quantitative analysis of behavioral selectivity for pulse rise-time in the gray treefrog, Hyla versicolor

Journal of Comparative Physiology - A Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 33-40

  Gerhardt, H C ^a   Schul, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic communication; Hyla versicolor; Pulse rise time; Selective phonotaxis; Temporal pattern discrimination

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; HEARING; PHYSIOLOGY; TOUCH; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ANURA; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; PITCH DISCRIMINATION; TOUCH; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; HYLA VERSICOLOR;

EID: 0033166046     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003590050363     Document Type: Article

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