Male green frogs lower the pitch of acoustic signals in defense of territories: A possible dishonest signal of size?

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 169-177

  Bee, Mark A ^a   Perrill, Stephen A ^b   Owen, Patrick C ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b BUTLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Bluffing; Dishonesty; Frequency alteration; Green frogs; Rana clamitans; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; FROG; MAGNITUDE; TERRITORIALITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA CLAMITANS; REPTILIA;

EID: 0034090304     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.2.169     Document Type: Article

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