Mating signal partitioning in multi-species assemblages: A null model test using frogs

Ecology Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-247

  Chek, Andrew A ^a,c   Bogart, James P ^a   Lougheed, Stephen C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Organization for Tropical Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic interference; Community structure; Frogs; Null models; Signal evolution

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FROG; MATING BEHAVIOR; MODELING; PARTITIONING; SIGNALING;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0037364715     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2003.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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