Acoustic interactions among male gray treefrogs, Hyla versicolor, in a chorus setting

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-19

  Schwartz, Joshua J ^a   Buchanan, Bryant W ^b   Gerhardt, H C ^c  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTICA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorusing; Frog acoustic communication; Repeatability

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; CALLING BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; FROG; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLA; HYLA VERSICOLOR; REPTILIA;

EID: 0037565004     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-002-0542-7     Document Type: Article

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