Background noise from a natural chorus alters female discrimination of male calls in a neotropical frog

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-22

  Wollerman, Lori ^a   Wiley, R Haven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; FROG; MATING BEHAVIOR; NOISE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; SIGNALING;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; HYLA; HYLA EBRACCATA; LEPTODACTYLIDAE;

EID: 0036059174     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2001.1885     Document Type: Article

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