The evolution of release and advertisement calls in green toads (Bufo viridis complex)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 379-391

  Castellano, Sergio ^a   Tontini, Luca ^a   Giacoma, Cristina ^a   Lattes, Aldo ^b   Balletto, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Polyploidy; Reproductive character displacement

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT; EVOLUTION; TOAD;

ANURA; BUFO; BUFO DEBILIS; BUFO VIRIDIS;

EID: 0036856066     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1095-8312.2002.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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