Female-offspring communication in a Taiwanese tree frog, Chirixalus eiffingeri (Anura: Rhacophoridae)

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 881-886

  Kam, Yeong Choy ^a,b   Yang, Hui Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FROG; MATERNAL CARE; OLFACTORY CUE; VISUAL CUE;

ANURA; CHIRIXALUS; CHIRIXALUS EIFFINGERI; HYLIDAE; RHACOPHORIDAE;

EID: 0038122915     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2002.2004     Document Type: Article

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