The transmission of advertisement calls in Central American frogs

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 71-83

  Kime, Nicole M ^a   Turner, Will R ^a,c   Ryan, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal communication; Anuran; Attenuation; Degradation; Environmental acoustics; Frog

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; FROG; HABITAT STRUCTURE; TRANSMITTANCE;

PANAMA;

EID: 0034096032     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/11.1.71     Document Type: Article

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