Frogs have rules: Selective attention algorithms regulate chorusing in Physalaemus pustulosus (Leptodactylidae)

Ethology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 331-347

  Greenfield, Michael D ^a   Rand, A Stanley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; FROG; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE; PHYSALAEMUS PUSTULOSUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 0034064438     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0310.2000.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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