Environmental factors influencing calling in sympatric anurans

Oecologia

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 616-625

  Oseen, Kerri L ^a   Wassersug, Richard J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anuran; Calling; Environment; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BIOACOUSTICS; CALLING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FROG; SYMPATRY;

CANADA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO AMERICANUS; PSEUDACRIS CRUCIFER; RANA CATESBEIANA; RANA CLAMITANS; RANA SYLVATICA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0036937825     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-1067-5     Document Type: Article

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