Possible communication by substrate vibration in a chameleon

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 1999, Pages 225-228

  Barnett, Kenneth E ^a   Cocroft, Reginald B ^b   Fleishman, Leo J ^c  

^a New York State Dept Environ C   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c UNION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; COURTSHIP; VIBRATION;

CHAMAELEO CALYPTRATUS;

EID: 0033525225     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1447408     Document Type: Article

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