A behavioral and neurobiological study of the responses of gray treefrogs, Hyla versicolor, to the calls of a predator, Rana catesbeiana

Herpetologica

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-37

  Schwartz, Joshua J ^a   Bee, Mark A ^a   Tanner, Steven D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Anura; Behavior; Female choice; Hyla versicolor; Predation risk; Rana catesbeiana

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CALLING BEHAVIOR; FROG; PREDATOR;

HYLA VERSICOLOR; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 0034056665     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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