Territorial male bullfrogs (Rana catesbeiana) do not assess fighting ability based on size-related variation in acoustic signals

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 109-124

  Bee, Mark A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bullfrogs; Communication; Fighting ability; Rana catesbeiana; Size assessment; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; BODY SIZE; COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; FIGHTING; TERRITORIALITY;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; RANA CATESBEIANA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0036169787     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/13.1.109     Document Type: Article

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