Influence of amplexus on phonotaxis in the Cricket Frog Acris crepitans blanchardi

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 1, 2000, Pages 257-261

  Witte, Klaudia ^a,c   Chen, Kuei Chiu ^b   Wilczynski, Walter ^a   Ryan, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CUE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE BEHAVIOR; FROG; MATING BEHAVIOR;

ACRIS CREPITANS;

EID: 0033982713     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2000)2000[0257:IOAOPI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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