A function of synchronous chorusing and a novel female preference shift in an anuran

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1435, 1999, Pages 2331-2336

  Grafe, T Ulmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Call timing; Collective acoustic behaviour; Communication; Kassina fusca

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FROG; MATE CHOICE; SYNCHRONY;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; FROG; FROGS AND TOADS; INSECT; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGING; SOUND RELATED PHENOMENA;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; KASSINA; KASSINA FUSCA;

EID: 0033596072     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0927     Document Type: Article

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